An Historical Geography of France
by Xavier de Planhol , With Paul Claval , Translated by Janet LloydFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-11-02
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
In this book, Xavier de Planhol and Paul Claval, two of France's leading scholars in the field, trace the historical geography of their country from its roots in the Roman province of Gaul to the present day. They demonstrate how, for centuries, France was little more than an ideological concept, despite its natural physical boundaries and long territorial history. They examine the relatively late development of a more complex territorial geography, involving political, religious, cultural, agricultural and industrial unities and diversities. The conclusion reached is that only in the twentieth century had France achieved a profound territorial unity and only now are the fragmentations of the past being overwritten.
Table of Contents
| List of figures | |
| Preface | |
| The Genesis of France | |
| The isthmus of Gaul | |
| The impact of Rome | |
| From Gaul to France | |
| The birth of France | |
| The Traditional Organisation of the Territory of France | |
| The major divisions | |
| The secondary divisions | |
| The Centralisation and Diversification of the French Space | |
| Paris and the Parisian centralisation | |
| Cultural action and reaction: unity and diversity | |
| The economic differentiation of space | |
| The rural exodus and urbanisation | |
| The France of large organisations | |
| Notes | |
| Guide to further reading | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
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