Record details

• ISBN: 0312341830
• ISBN: 9780312341831
• Physical Description: ix, 483 pages : maps ; 25 cm
• Edition: 1st U.S. edition
• Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2006]
• Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-466) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Linguistic Map of France in the Middle Ages x -- Map of the French-Speaking World xi -- Part 1 Origins -- Chapter 1 Romance of French 19 -- Chapter 2 In French and Not Otherwise 44 -- Chapter 3 Dawn of Purism 62 -- Part 2 Spread -- Chapter 4 Far from the Sun 91 -- Chapter 5 Language of Genius 115 -- Chapter 6 Revolutionary French 136 -- Chapter 7 New Sanctuaries 155 -- Chapter 8 French without Faute 173 -- Chapter 9 Tool for an Empire 192 -- Chapter 10 Lost Worlds 212 -- Part 3 Adaptation -- Chapter 11 Power of Attraction 241 -- Chapter 12 Invention of Cultural Diplomacy 257 -- Chapter 13 A New Playing Field 275 -- Chapter 14 Choosing French 295 -- Chapter 15 Rocking the Boat 319 -- Chapter 16 Francophonie 338 -- Part 4 Change -- Chapter 17 Struggle for Standards 367 -- Chapter 18 Protecting the Future 391 -- Chapter 19 Global Hesitations 419 -- Chapter 20 Unwritten Chapters 441.

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French language > History.