Author: Philippe Pinchemel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521249872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book makes available to the English-speaking world the most authoritative single survey of the geography of France yet published. A translation from the fully revised French edition of 1981, updated by additional material provided by the authors, Pinchemel's work embraces every aspect of the relationship between the social and the spatial in contemporary France and provides the reader with a vast quantity of detailed information on specific geographical questions. The work is divided into eight parts and within that overall structure each section is further subdivided for ease of reference. The author's concern for clarity of exposition is reflected in the numerous tables, maps, charts and diagrams that supplement the text.
France: A Geographical, Social and Economic Survey
Author: Philippe Pinchemel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521249872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book makes available to the English-speaking world the most authoritative single survey of the geography of France yet published. A translation from the fully revised French edition of 1981, updated by additional material provided by the authors, Pinchemel's work embraces every aspect of the relationship between the social and the spatial in contemporary France and provides the reader with a vast quantity of detailed information on specific geographical questions. The work is divided into eight parts and within that overall structure each section is further subdivided for ease of reference. The author's concern for clarity of exposition is reflected in the numerous tables, maps, charts and diagrams that supplement the text.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521249872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book makes available to the English-speaking world the most authoritative single survey of the geography of France yet published. A translation from the fully revised French edition of 1981, updated by additional material provided by the authors, Pinchemel's work embraces every aspect of the relationship between the social and the spatial in contemporary France and provides the reader with a vast quantity of detailed information on specific geographical questions. The work is divided into eight parts and within that overall structure each section is further subdivided for ease of reference. The author's concern for clarity of exposition is reflected in the numerous tables, maps, charts and diagrams that supplement the text.
France
Author: Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher: Britanncia Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1615309810
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Frances cultural and historical legacies are numerous and diverse. It has long played a dominant role on the world stage, and as one of the largest countries of the European Union, its global influence shows no signs of dying down. But despite its cultural, economic, governmental, and historical achievements, France has experienced trials and tribulations, perhaps most memorably during the French Revolution, but throughout history as well. This comprehensive volume surveys Frances assorted regions, its renowned traditions, the individuals and peoples that have led it to greatness, and the struggles and successes of its past and present.
Publisher: Britanncia Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1615309810
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Frances cultural and historical legacies are numerous and diverse. It has long played a dominant role on the world stage, and as one of the largest countries of the European Union, its global influence shows no signs of dying down. But despite its cultural, economic, governmental, and historical achievements, France has experienced trials and tribulations, perhaps most memorably during the French Revolution, but throughout history as well. This comprehensive volume surveys Frances assorted regions, its renowned traditions, the individuals and peoples that have led it to greatness, and the struggles and successes of its past and present.
OECD Economic Surveys: France 2011
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264093052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
The 2011 edition of OECD's periodic survey of the French economy. This edition includes chapters covering the recovery, bringing down the public debt, making the housing market work better, and France's environmental policies.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264093052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
The 2011 edition of OECD's periodic survey of the French economy. This edition includes chapters covering the recovery, bringing down the public debt, making the housing market work better, and France's environmental policies.
OECD Economic Surveys: France 2024
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264706488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
France has faced two significant, successive shocks: the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in inflation. Emergency government measures were decisive in protecting business, jobs and purchasing power, but at a high fiscal cost. Efforts to reduce public spending will be key to lower government debt. Lifting productivity growth hinges on a wider diffusion of digital technologies, reduced regulatory barriers and stronger innovation.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264706488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
France has faced two significant, successive shocks: the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in inflation. Emergency government measures were decisive in protecting business, jobs and purchasing power, but at a high fiscal cost. Efforts to reduce public spending will be key to lower government debt. Lifting productivity growth hinges on a wider diffusion of digital technologies, reduced regulatory barriers and stronger innovation.
France
Author: Stephen C. Jett
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438105037
Category : Culture
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Describes the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of France.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438105037
Category : Culture
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Describes the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of France.
Government and Politics of France
Author: Anne Stevens
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349221023
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the working of the major political institutions in France: the presidency, parliament, the government and administrative machinery, local government, political parties and pressure groups. The book is illustrated with documents, tables, figures and exhibits.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349221023
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the working of the major political institutions in France: the presidency, parliament, the government and administrative machinery, local government, political parties and pressure groups. The book is illustrated with documents, tables, figures and exhibits.
Geographers
Author: Hayden Lorimer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474227198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Volume twenty-nine of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies has as its subject matter seven essays covering British and French regionalists, one of the world's leading cultural geographers, a quantitative geographer turned historical geographer and student of geopolitics, a pioneering medical geographer and a leading theoretician of geography's multiple engagements with the urban experience. In their different ways and with reference to Australia, Britain, France, Sweden and the United States of America, all were products of - and direct influences upon - the emergence, strength and thematic diversity of geography in the twentieth century. Geographers 29 thus provides key insight into the shaping of a discipline and of its practitioners in modern context.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474227198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Volume twenty-nine of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies has as its subject matter seven essays covering British and French regionalists, one of the world's leading cultural geographers, a quantitative geographer turned historical geographer and student of geopolitics, a pioneering medical geographer and a leading theoretician of geography's multiple engagements with the urban experience. In their different ways and with reference to Australia, Britain, France, Sweden and the United States of America, all were products of - and direct influences upon - the emergence, strength and thematic diversity of geography in the twentieth century. Geographers 29 thus provides key insight into the shaping of a discipline and of its practitioners in modern context.
1993–1994
Author: Brian Hunter
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112422147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1762
Book Description
No detailed description available for "1993-1994".
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112422147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1762
Book Description
No detailed description available for "1993-1994".
Historical Dictionary of France
Author: Gino Raymond
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810862565
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to NapolZon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the greatest and most memorable events in human history. Author Gino Raymond relates the history of these events in the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of France. Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on kings, politicians, authors, architects, composers, artists, and philosophers, a thorough history of France is presented.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810862565
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to NapolZon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the greatest and most memorable events in human history. Author Gino Raymond relates the history of these events in the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of France. Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on kings, politicians, authors, architects, composers, artists, and philosophers, a thorough history of France is presented.
1991–1992
Author: Brian Hunter
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112420608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
No detailed description available for "1991-1992".
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112420608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
No detailed description available for "1991-1992".