Laird Boswell
Biographic Data
| ID | 301362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laird Boswell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laird |
| FAMILY NAME | Boswell |
| SIGNATURE | BOSWELL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rural Inventions
A History of Fascism in France
Rethinking the Nation at the Periphery
Eugen Weber's Peasants into Frenchmen has had an enduring impact on historians of European nationalism. This article situates Weber's influence on the field of nationalism and focuses on regions that played a crucial role in his analysis: peripheries. Peripheries are central to historians studying the construction of the French nation and the forging of contemporary European identity. Scholars have moved beyond Weber by developing a dynamic model…
Should France be Ashamed of its History? Coming to Terms with the Past in France and its Eastern Borderlands 1
How to confront the past remains a critical question in twenty first century France. Over the past generation France has addressed the Vichy years head on, and the nation has begun to assess the legacy of the colonial enterprise, notably in Algeria, with mixed results. There remains one major blank spot in France's attempt to come to terms with its experience during the Second World War: the border province of Alsace and Lorraine, a region that h…
L'historiographie du communisme français est-elle dans une impasse
Le parti communiste francais etait autrefois le plus etudie des partis politiques francais. Ce n’est plus le cas aujourd’hui. Cet article examine pourquoi le champ alors fertile des etudes du PCF se fane maintenant. Tandis que l’effondrement du mouvement communiste menait a une plus grande accessibilite du materiel archivistique, il n’y a eu aucun tournant historiographique majeur dans l’etude du communisme francais. La disponibilite de nouveaux …
La petite propriété fait le communisme (Limousin, Dordogne)
À partir des cas singuliers du Limousin et de la Dordogne cet article réexamine le lien entre communisme et milieu rural dans l'entre-deux-guerres. Loin d'être le produit d'une tradition de gauche ou un phénomène importé du monde urbain, le communisme rural est un mouvement neuf, relativement autonome, dont la base sociale se compose de petits paysans, d'artisans et de petits commerçants. Un programme agricole savamment dosé, fondé sur la défense…
Education and Identity in Rural France
Rural Communism in France (1920-1939)
From Liberation to Purge Trials in the “Mythic Provinces”
Research Article| February 01 2000 From Liberation to Purge Trials in the "Mythic Provinces": Recasting French Identities in Alsace and Lorraine, 1918-1920 Laird Boswell Laird Boswell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2000) 23 (1): 129–162. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-23-1-129 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Laird Boswell; Fr…
Franco-Alsatian Conflict and the Crisis of National Sentiment during the Phoney War
Ballots and Barricades
The French Rural Communist Electorate
The French Rural Communist Electorate One of the original characteristics of French communism has been its durable strength in some rural areas ever since its foundation at the 1920 Congres de Tours. Over the past six decades, the Communists have found strong support not only in certain urban industrial areas, but in some of the more rural and backward areas of the country as well. The Communist party's implantation in the countryside-both in ter…
From Liberation to Purge Trials in the “Mythic Provinces”
Research Article| February 01 2000 From Liberation to Purge Trials in the "Mythic Provinces": Recasting French Identities in Alsace and Lorraine, 1918-1920 Laird Boswell Laird Boswell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2000) 23 (1): 129–162. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-23-1-129 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Laird Boswell; Fr…
Rethinking the Nation at the Periphery
Eugen Weber's Peasants into Frenchmen has had an enduring impact on historians of European nationalism. This article situates Weber's influence on the field of nationalism and focuses on regions that played a crucial role in his analysis: peripheries. Peripheries are central to historians studying the construction of the French nation and the forging of contemporary European identity. Scholars have moved beyond Weber by developing a dynamic model…
The French Rural Communist Electorate
The French Rural Communist Electorate One of the original characteristics of French communism has been its durable strength in some rural areas ever since its foundation at the 1920 Congres de Tours. Over the past six decades, the Communists have found strong support not only in certain urban industrial areas, but in some of the more rural and backward areas of the country as well. The Communist party's implantation in the countryside-both in ter…
Franco-Alsatian Conflict and the Crisis of National Sentiment during the Phoney War
La petite propriété fait le communisme (Limousin, Dordogne)
À partir des cas singuliers du Limousin et de la Dordogne cet article réexamine le lien entre communisme et milieu rural dans l'entre-deux-guerres. Loin d'être le produit d'une tradition de gauche ou un phénomène importé du monde urbain, le communisme rural est un mouvement neuf, relativement autonome, dont la base sociale se compose de petits paysans, d'artisans et de petits commerçants. Un programme agricole savamment dosé, fondé sur la défense…
The French Rural Communist Electorate
The French Rural Communist Electorate One of the original characteristics of French communism has been its durable strength in some rural areas ever since its foundation at the 1920 Congres de Tours. Over the past six decades, the Communists have found strong support not only in certain urban industrial areas, but in some of the more rural and backward areas of the country as well. The Communist party's implantation in the countryside-both in ter…
Ballots and Barricades
Franco-Alsatian Conflict and the Crisis of National Sentiment during the Phoney War
From Liberation to Purge Trials in the “Mythic Provinces”
Research Article| February 01 2000 From Liberation to Purge Trials in the "Mythic Provinces": Recasting French Identities in Alsace and Lorraine, 1918-1920 Laird Boswell Laird Boswell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2000) 23 (1): 129–162. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-23-1-129 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Laird Boswell; Fr…
Rural Communism in France (1920-1939)
Education and Identity in Rural France
La petite propriété fait le communisme (Limousin, Dordogne)
À partir des cas singuliers du Limousin et de la Dordogne cet article réexamine le lien entre communisme et milieu rural dans l'entre-deux-guerres. Loin d'être le produit d'une tradition de gauche ou un phénomène importé du monde urbain, le communisme rural est un mouvement neuf, relativement autonome, dont la base sociale se compose de petits paysans, d'artisans et de petits commerçants. Un programme agricole savamment dosé, fondé sur la défense…
L'historiographie du communisme français est-elle dans une impasse
Le parti communiste francais etait autrefois le plus etudie des partis politiques francais. Ce n’est plus le cas aujourd’hui. Cet article examine pourquoi le champ alors fertile des etudes du PCF se fane maintenant. Tandis que l’effondrement du mouvement communiste menait a une plus grande accessibilite du materiel archivistique, il n’y a eu aucun tournant historiographique majeur dans l’etude du communisme francais. La disponibilite de nouveaux …
Should France be Ashamed of its History? Coming to Terms with the Past in France and its Eastern Borderlands 1
How to confront the past remains a critical question in twenty first century France. Over the past generation France has addressed the Vichy years head on, and the nation has begun to assess the legacy of the colonial enterprise, notably in Algeria, with mixed results. There remains one major blank spot in France's attempt to come to terms with its experience during the Second World War: the border province of Alsace and Lorraine, a region that h…
Rethinking the Nation at the Periphery
Eugen Weber's Peasants into Frenchmen has had an enduring impact on historians of European nationalism. This article situates Weber's influence on the field of nationalism and focuses on regions that played a crucial role in his analysis: peripheries. Peripheries are central to historians studying the construction of the French nation and the forging of contemporary European identity. Scholars have moved beyond Weber by developing a dynamic model…
A History of Fascism in France
Rural Inventions
French Historical and Cultural Studies (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Cultural Identity and Heritage (3 works)