A History of Modern France, Volume 1 by Alfred Cobban

As before,then,the work is a matureand gracefulgeneralaccountof the principal political,social, and economic eventsof Francesincethe eighteenth century. Thissecond of themisfor the mostpart unchanged fromthe original textin thesecond volume of 1961.A forthcoming thirdvolume will considerably expand theoriginal account given oftherepublics after1871. Cobban quitenaturally beganto produce ashort history intwosmall volumes sixorseven years ago.It hasdeserved a morepermanent formatand is now beingre-issued, with additions, in three volumes. Havingwrittensovariously overthecourse of modern Frenchhistory, Mr. OWAlfredCobban hasbeenturningoutbookafterbookon Frenchthemes andtheproblems of the contemporary world.All of themhave beenmarked by quietgood sense, sound learning, andthestylistic simplicities of a cultivated mind.Certainlythey havenot alwaysbeenuncontroversial they havenever passed unnoticed, andProfessor Cobban hashadthedistinction, which noteveryforeigner invading French fieldsenjoys, of beingtakento taskby such aneminent nameasthatofthelateGeorges Lefebvre.

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A History of Modern France, Volume 1 by Alfred Cobban