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A Nation? Peasants, Language, and French Identity - France Since 1871

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This lecture examines how French national identity developed in rural France alongside regional languages and cultural practices. It focuses on modernization, transportation, schooling, and the continuing relationship between French and regional identities.

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- Chapter 1. The Birth of National Identity and Agents of Modernization
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- Chapter 2. Regional Languages of France
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- Chapter 3. Modernization of Transportation: Roads, Railways and Identity-Formation
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- Chapter 4. Schoolteachers and Schoolhouses: Education, the State, and Identity
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- Chapter 5. French Schools and Regional Identity Today
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