This book aims to question the specificities – or non-specificities – of the commitment of military people to the resistances. It will notably consider the tensions between the fact of being trained to obey orders, on the one part, and that of complying with an ethos gratifying the refusal to surrender and thus of joining a resistance organization,
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Claire Miot, Guillaume Piketty
The cultural, territorial, social, and economic transformations of Europe between 1914 and 1945 were the product of two world wars within the context of modernization and world power ambitions. Europe From War to War –1914 - 1945 provides a comprehensive coverage of leaders' decisions as well as societal trends on a territory stretching from the...
Alice-Catherine Carls, Stephen D. Carls
This book examines the political reforms under the rule of Charles III. He undertook several profound changes in the Indies' government, including the creation of new administrative territories: a viceroyalty, two capitanías generales, three Audiencias, and numerous intendencias in almost all the Indies.
Le système de gouvernement de José de Gálvez (1765-1787)
Philippe Castejón
In May 1920, on the occasion of an International Exhibition for the Renaissance of the liberated regions, Georges Lyon Lille chief education officer, asked the teachers to reply to a questionnaire and asked the pupils to write an essay about their memories at war and a narrative dramatic experience they could have been watching as well.
Souvenirs des élèves du département du Nord (1920)
Jean-François Condette
Philippe Marchand
The study of salt, through the centuries and from ancient times, is done through a multidisciplinary approach, where the man is facing salt for his health, for his beliefs related to it, and for the wealth he seems to get for him.
Tome 2 : santé, croyances et économie
Christine Hoët-van Cauwenberghe, Armelle Masse
The United States accounts for 5% of the world population but imprisons 25% of all inmates in the world. For a nation that has always ranked freedom on top of its values, having the highest incarceration rate on the planet is a paradox that raises numerous questions.
Origines et bilan d'une incarcération de masse
Franck Vindevogel
Between 1944 and 1960, french holiday camps became a major social phenomenon, involving hundreds of thousands of children and adolescents. Wishing to accompany the expansion of these structures born of private initiatives, the French State builds a specific policy and dedicates an administration to them.
Au cœur de la construction d'un service public, 1944-1960
Julien Fuchs
Twenty-five ways to account for the memories of the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian (98-117 and 117-138 BCE) offer us many variations and angles of multidisciplinary approach, and are placed under the illustrious patronage of Marguerite Yourcenar's Mémoires d'Hadrien (1951).
Stéphane Benoist, Alban Gautier
The world changes. Armies evolve and must adapt to this new environment. The researchers and professionals gathered in this book analyze the contemporary armies in their relationship to the social and political environment and in their internal evolutions
Emmanuel Cardona Gil, Sébastien Jakubowski
The analysis of Edouard Herriot's public life (1905-1957) still sheds light on the historical background of Lyon, France and international relations.
Le Lyonnais, l'humaniste, le politique et l'européen
Bruno Benoit
A monumental religious building, the cathedral represents a spiritual, heritage, cultural and political symbol. This is why, in times of war, it's confronted with the effects and violence of war.
Xavier Boniface, Louise Dessaivre
When it comes to the status of civil servants, France is often opposed to Britain. However, in post-war Europe, these two countries are seeking to develop a common civil service project, particularly in the cultural field.
Publics, gardiens et conservateurs du Louvre et du British Museum : regards croisés (1946-1981)
Odile Join-Lambert
Since the origins of Christianity, women have lived a consecrated life outside monastic orders, following a personal path and serving the Church in various ways.
Le chapitre de Maubeuge du IXe au XVIIIe siècle
Jean Heuclin, Christophe Leduc
Medieval crypts are a mystery-filled heritage whose variety and questions remain unknown. Thirty researchers contribute to the knowledge of crypts in two regions.
Pierre Gillon, Christian Sapin
The comparative history of France and Germany during the tragic hours of Nazism and World War II makes it possible to understand the challenges of civilization put to the test in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.
1933-1945Volume 9
Alya Aglan, Johann Chapoutot
With his compact history of Switzerland, the Swiss historian Thomas Maissen presents the eagerly awaited new overview. Based on the latest research results, he describes in a fluid style the origins of the Swiss Confederation, its extraordinary continuity, but also its many cleavages up to the most recent past. Whoever wants to have the...
Thomas Maissen
Yvan Mudry, Jean Steinauer
100 ans après sa parution, le chef-d'œuvre de Huizinga revisité par les spécialistes du grand intellectuel néerlandais et de l’histoire culturelle de la fin du Moyen Âge.
Relire Johan Huizinga aujourd'hui
Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
A short story of an enduring object
Nathalie Dereymaeker, Florence Raymond
