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When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity
Kolleen M. Guy
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Paperback. This ability to mask local interests as national concerns convinced government officials of the need, at both national and international levels, to protect champagne as a French patrimony. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21, 18 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; KNDF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Winner of the Outstanding Manuscript Award from Phi Alpha Theta, this work explains how nationhood emerges by viewing countries as cultural artifacts, a product of "invented traditions." In the case of France, scholars sharply disagree, not only over the nature of French national identity but also over the extent to which diverse and sometimes hostile provincial communities became integrated into the nation. In When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity, Kolleen M. Guy offers a new perspective on this debate by looking at one of the central elements in French national culture-luxury wine-and the ... Read more
Winner of the Outstanding Manuscript Award from Phi Alpha Theta, this work explains how nationhood emerges by viewing countries as cultural artifacts, a product of "invented traditions." In the case of France, scholars sharply disagree, not only over the nature of French national identity but also over the extent to which diverse and sometimes hostile provincial communities became integrated into the nation. In When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity, Kolleen M. Guy offers a new perspective on this debate by looking at one of the central elements in French national culture-luxury wine-and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887475
SKU
V9780801887475
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About Kolleen M. Guy
Kolleen M. Guy is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Reviews for When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity
Excellent book.
Harry W. Paul Journal of Modern History 2005 The denouement of Kolleen Guy's fascinating book is the violent explosion known as the 'revolution of Champagne' in 1911. How the revolt occurred is the heart of this skillful study of a region's economy and society and its relationship to the nation state.
Thomas Brennan Journal of Social ... Read more
Harry W. Paul Journal of Modern History 2005 The denouement of Kolleen Guy's fascinating book is the violent explosion known as the 'revolution of Champagne' in 1911. How the revolt occurred is the heart of this skillful study of a region's economy and society and its relationship to the nation state.
Thomas Brennan Journal of Social ... Read more