Français-Monde: Connectez-vous á la Francophonie  is a new college-level introductory French program informed by:   1. research findings... combined with years of teaching experience and first-year program direction; 2. learners’ desire to be equipped linguistically and culturally to communicate more successfully and participate more fully in the global community and marketplace; 3. instructors’ need for materials that help them meet the needs of a diverse learner population, both in and out of the classroom.   Reflecting the five goals of the National Standards and their related objectives, Français-Monde is designed to help learners develop cross-cultural competence in a rich and flexible framework by providing a variety of options that allow instructors to meet the goals and objectives of their course, as well as the needs of their learners.   This Books á la Carte Plus Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class – all at an affordable price. It comes packaged with a MyFrenchLab access code to which gives students access to all of MyFrenchLab’s grade-boosting resources… PLUS a complete e-book of the textbook!

Français-Monde: Connectez-vous á la Francophonie is a new college-level introductory French program informed by:   1. research findings... combined with years of teaching experience and first-year program direction; 2. learners’ desire to be equipped linguistically and culturally to communicate more successfully and participate more fully in the global community and marketplace; 3. instructors’ need for materials that help them meet the needs of a diverse learner population, both in and out of the classroom. Reflecting the five goals of the National Standards and their related objectives, Français-Monde is designed to help learners develop cross-cultural competence in a rich and flexible framework by providing a variety of options that allow instructors to meet the goals and objectives of their course, as well as the needs of their learners.   This Books á la Carte Plus Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class – all at an affordable price.

Tree identification can be easy and enjoyable for everyone! This field guide features professional, full-page photos and comprehensive, accessible... information about each tree's leaves or needles, bark, mature size, fall color, state-specific range map and more. The author's notes include helpful identification tips and interesting facts. The book covers more than 115 common trees and is a great size for use in the field.

Français-Monde engages learners with meaningful and relevant language in a real-world context to ensure they develop communicative competence in... French.    Reflecting the five goals of the National Standards and their related objectives, Français-Monde is uniquely designed to help learners develop cross-cultural competence in a rich and flexible framework by providing tightly integrated exposure to real-world culture, language and technology.    Real Culture Focus on contemporary culture that helps learners analyze why they do what they do, and understand different cultural perspectives of people from the French speaking world. Integrated video follows French university students using natural, contemporary and authentic language as they perform every day functions.  Vocabulary exposes student to words in use by today’s French-speaking people. Thematic readings drawn from a variety of genres and resources, such as magazine articles, blogs posts, surveys, songs, poems, essays, prepare students to experience language in the real-world contexts.   Real Language Learners are encouraged to demonstrate their cultural and linguistic competence via a culminating project at the end of each chapter. Students are prepared for a wide range of real-life situations, likely to be encountered in any Francophone country, by being exposed to authentic language in spoken and written form.   Integrated video follows French university students using natural, contemporary and authentic language as they perform every day functions.        This package consists of the main text and access to MyFrenchLab with eText.

Providing an up-to-date synthesis of the history of an extraordinary nation--one that has been shrouded in myths, many of its own making--France and Its... Empire Since 1870 seeks both to understand these myths and to uncover the complicated and often contradictory realities that underpin them. It situates modern French history in transnational and global contexts and also integrates the themes of imperialism and immigration into the traditional narrative.Authors Alice L. Conklin, Sarah Fishman, and Robert Zaretsky begin with the premise that while France and the U.S. are sister republics, they also exhibit profound differences that are as compelling as their apparent similarities. The authors frame the book around the contested emergence of the French Republic--a form of government that finally appears to have a permanent status in France--but whose birth pangs were much more protracted than those of the American Republic. Presenting a lively and coherent narrative of the major developments in France's tumultuous history since 1870, the authors organize the chapters around the country's many turning points and confrontations. They also offer detailed analyses of politics, society, and culture, considering the diverse viewpoints of men and women from every background including the working class and the bourgeoisie, immigrants, Catholics, Jews and Muslims, Bretons and Algerians, rebellious youth, and gays and lesbians.

The Dreyfus affair — the infamous account of Jewish army officer and French citizen, Alfred Dreyfus, unjustly convicted of treason in 1894 — was the... most significant political and social crisis of fin-de-siècle Europe. In the first book designed to introduce students to the broad outlines and significant legacies of the affair, the author deftly interweaves text with documents, tracing the course of events. He highlights the many issues connected with the case, including anti-Semitism, militant nationalism, socialism, the birth of modern Zionism, and the separation of church and state. Sixty-six documents are embedded in the narrative, offering students a broad range of sources to examine, including newspaper editorials, letters, trial testimony, and diary entries. A list of the principal characters is included in the appendices.

Everyone tries to pigeonhole France. The vast numbers who travel there or who discuss the French from across the Atlantic produce judgments that... express everything from adulation to irritation. France and the French, it seems, remain resolutely mysterious and inexplicable. In this elegantly written and exhaustively researched narrative history, Rod Kedward brings to life the great, and often terrible, dramas of modern France--the two cataclysmic wars, the Algerian disaster, the student and worker revolt of 1968--but also explores the special worlds of the workplace, immigration, minorities, the role of women, and the relationship of politics to place, everyday life, and collective memory. Judgments will still be made and pigeonholes found, but the rich narratives of this book anchor French identities firmly in their own impassioned history.

This book tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained and prevailed in the Great War. The scholarly survey on France's role in... the war blends diplomatic, military, social, cultural and economic history.

The number of travelers France welcomes each year is as great as its population-some sixty million. They arrive to experience not only the latest... fashions in clothing, art, and cuisine, but also the vestiges of a past that encompasses a half million years. Among these vestiges are Neolithic cave paintings, Roman villas and temples, medieval cathedrals, and royal chateaux. This concise volume outlines French history from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century. The diverse themes discussed include the relations of France with its neighbors, the ever-present tension between national unity and regional autonomy, the role of the Catholic Church, and developments in public works and education. In order to lend this vast panorama a more human face, the author gives special attention to the life of at least one individual in each major era.

This fully revised second edition takes account of historical work produced during the last decade. Covering the period between Louis XIV's death in... 1715 and the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, it discusses: * France's accomplishments in international affairs, commercial expansion, and intellectual and artistic life * the significance of long-term political, social and economic forces in causing the Revolution * how the changing perception of government, from one of divine-right kingship towards the idea of a national enterprise, ultimately undermined the old regime.

A cultural history of France from a period of dominance in the mid-19th century to one of "decline" or "crisis" in the first few years of the third... millennium. The first part (1851 to 1944) explores developments ranging from the transformation of Paris and the appearance of the colonial empire, to the construction of modern French society. The second part of the book follows the crisis of French universalism or of the "French exception" from the end of World War II to the contemporary period in which the "French model" has been increasingly difficult to sustain in the face of globalization, the Americanization of culture, decolonization and multiculturalism, among other developments.

This text charts the political history of France from the 18th century to the present, interspersing narrative with chapters on society, the economy,... culture and historiography.This edition reflects recent research on the French Revolution, taking into account the scholarship of the "New Revisionist" school.  It incorporates recent events in France, including an assessment of post-Socialist politics and examines the challenges facing France as a member of the European Union.

Both the golden age of the Renaissance state and the catastrophic era of the Wars of Religion, this fascinating period in French history has been oddly... neglected by English-language historians. Professor Baumgartner's book fills a major gap in the textbook market: an accessible, fully current account which covers the principal political, economic and cultural themes from Francois I's successful centralization of the state, through France's near prostration under the Catholic-Huguenot civil war, and ending with the accession of Henri IV.