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This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation.

French Modern

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 01/12/1995
    ISBN13: 9780226701745, 978-0226701745
    ISBN10: 0226701743
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    European history Anthropology Decolonisation

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    Book Synopsis
    This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation.

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