Eugen Weber was Joan Palevsky Professor of Modern European History, Emeritus, at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Part 1 Assumptions: nos ancetres les gaulois; left, right, and temperament; in search of the hexagon. Part 2 Queries: what is real in folk tales?; who sang the Marseillaise?; religion or superstition? Part 3 Traditions and politics: the second republic, politics, and the peasant; another look at peasant politicization; the nationalist revival before 1914. Part 4 "Let us now praise famous men": Pierre de Coubertin and the introduction of organized sport; inheritance, dilettantism, and the politics of Maurice Barres; about Marc Bloch. Part 5 It takes all kinds: nationalism, socialism, and national socialism; Jews, antisemitism, and the origins of the holocaust; revolution? counterrevolution? what revolution?

A passionate, scholarly collection of essays on French politics, culture, and myths from mid-19th to mid-20th century… My France is pervaded by Weber’s enthusiasm: it’s like a favorite-moments selection from a long and distinguished career. No doubt Weber is un fou de la France, but his love is deep, not blind.

Eugen Weber was Joan Palevsky Professor of Modern European History, Emeritus, at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Part 1 Assumptions: nos ancetres les gaulois; left, right, and temperament; in search of the hexagon. Part 2 Queries: what is real in folk tales?; who sang the Marseillaise?; religion or superstition? Part 3 Traditions and politics: the second republic, politics, and the peasant; another look at peasant politicization; the nationalist revival before 1914. Part 4 "Let us now praise famous men": Pierre de Coubertin and the introduction of organized sport; inheritance, dilettantism, and the politics of Maurice Barres; about Marc Bloch. Part 5 It takes all kinds: nationalism, socialism, and national socialism; Jews, antisemitism, and the origins of the holocaust; revolution? counterrevolution? what revolution?

A passionate, scholarly collection of essays on French politics, culture, and myths from mid-19th to mid-20th century… My France is pervaded by Weber’s enthusiasm: it’s like a favorite-moments selection from a long and distinguished career. No doubt Weber is un fou de la France, but his love is deep, not blind.

Eugen Weber was Joan Palevsky Professor of Modern European History, Emeritus, at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Part 1 Assumptions: nos ancetres les gaulois; left, right, and temperament; in search of the hexagon. Part 2 Queries: what is real in folk tales?; who sang the Marseillaise?; religion or superstition? Part 3 Traditions and politics: the second republic, politics, and the peasant; another look at peasant politicization; the nationalist revival before 1914. Part 4 "Let us now praise famous men": Pierre de Coubertin and the introduction of organized sport; inheritance, dilettantism, and the politics of Maurice Barres; about Marc Bloch. Part 5 It takes all kinds: nationalism, socialism, and national socialism; Jews, antisemitism, and the origins of the holocaust; revolution? counterrevolution? what revolution?

A passionate, scholarly collection of essays on French politics, culture, and myths from mid-19th to mid-20th century… My France is pervaded by Weber’s enthusiasm: it’s like a favorite-moments selection from a long and distinguished career. No doubt Weber is un fou de la France, but his love is deep, not blind.