HIST 274 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Centralized Government, Intellectual History, Social History
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Hist 274: cultural history of modern france, jan. 9, 2017. Semiotics (the interpretation of signs or symbols) Everything is a symbol or representation of some kind. Studies how symbols and representations explain culture. Best example is advertising: a pop truck on a mountain shows strength and freedom. Ways of life, aristocratic social relations: what it means to be bourgeois. Public life, what it means to be french, french identity. No specific textbooks readings for tests will be on onq, bookstore books are for discussion. Tests are short and long answer questions. What was rousseau"s influence on the french revolution: would write two pages. Not cumulative, study one part, then don"t look back. 1/6 people west of russia was french. 1850 - 36 million: strategic locations meant they basically controlled who entered europe. Was one of the great military powers in europe. Other powers like britain and germany were fearful that france would politically dominate europe.
