Alison Carrol
Biographic Data
| ID | 5436294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Carrol |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Carrol |
| SIGNATURE | CARROL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brunel University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8491-2546 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Blogging (French) history
In 2014, the French History Network Blog was launched with the aim of ‘connecting people and ideas’. Ten years later, it has shared hundreds of blog posts with many thousands of readers, covering teaching and researching French history, but also the lives and experiences of the historians involved in doing both things. To mark its tenth anniversary in December 2024, the Institute of Historical Research’s Modern French History Seminar hosted a rou…
Imagining a Channel Tunnel in France after the First World War
The cultural shift that France experienced after the First World War has commonly been analysed through the prism of attitudes towards Germany, and the continuation of wartime prejudices in the immediate post-war period. Yet, an exploration of imaginings of future relations with a wartime ally reveals a broad spectrum of assumptions and expectations that span the transition from war to peace. Taking as its focus the prospect of a tunnel under the…
Crossing borders
This article traces the emergence of the border regime on France’s eastern frontier after 1918. Following the Treaty of Versailles, the Franco-German boundary moved to accommodate the return of the ‘lost provinces’ Alsace-Lorraine to France, and throughout the interwar years contemporaries viewed this border as one of the most strategically and symbolically important boundaries on the European continent. It was, on the one hand, France’s defensiv…
Wine Making and the Politics of Identity in Alsace, 1918–1939
This article examines the politics of wine making in Alsace in the two decades after the region returned to French rule in 1918. During these years Alsatian wine makers worked to transform their wines to meet the tastes of French drinkers, following five decades of producing wine for German consumption. As wine makers grappled with the question of how to secure the future of their industry, Alsatian wine became emblematic of the most contentious …
Cartophilia. Maps and the Search for Identity in the French–German Borderland
In recent years, historians have devoted increasing attention to France’s borders and borderlands. Treating borders and borderlands as sites of both conflict and exchange, important works by Peter Sahlins, Timothy Baycroft, Sandra Ott and others have examined the ways in which local populations have forged their own understandings of language, culture and citizenship through contact with populations living across the border. Cartophilia by Cather…
France in an Era of Global War, 1914–1945
In France in an Era of Global War, scholars re-examine experiences of French politics, occupation, empire and entanglements with the Anglophone world between 1914 and 1945. In doing so, they question
War, Judgement and Memory in the Basque Borderlands, 1914-1945 * At the Border. Margins and Peripheries in Modern France * Colonial Borderlands
Historians of France have shown a long-lasting fascination with France’s regional diversity. Research into regional politics, culture, exhibitions and tourism has underlined the important place that rootedness in local place played in creating a sense of ‘Frenchness’, and revealed France’s regions to have been a significant motive force in the construction of the French nation. Recent regional histories have continued to offer new ways of thinkin…
David Hopkin, Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France
Unemployment and Protest. New Perspectives on Two Centuries of Contention
Journal Article Unemployment and Protest. New Perspectives on Two Centuries of Contention Get access Unemployment and Protest. New Perspectives on Two Centuries of Contention. Edited by Matthias Reiss Matt Perry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. x + 438 pp. £75.00. ISBN: 978 0 19 959573 0. Alison Carrol Alison Carrol Brunel University, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 27,…
The Gods of the City
The dawn of the twentieth century triggered much reflection on the changing role of religion in European society. In cities such as Berlin, London and Paris, ministers bemoaned what they perceived to be a growing disinterest in organized religion as the size of their congregations dwindled, growing numbers of young couples opted for civil marriage ceremonies, and Sundays were increasingly spent away from the church. Many of their worst fears that…
In the Border’s Shadow
This article explores controversies over festivities and monument construction in interwar Strasbourg. After the return of Alsace to France in 1918, these battles became emblematic of broader debates about the region’s place in France and relationship with Germany, as different groups and individuals in Paris and Strasbourg used them to promote their views of the reintegration of Alsace into France. In these debates, the dominant understanding of…
Marianne or Germania? Nationalizing Women in Alsace, 1870–1946, by Elizabeth Vlossak
In this important book, Elizabeth Vlossak sets out to establish how women experienced and participated in German and French nation-building initiatives in Alsace over a seventy-six-year period that saw the region pass between French and German rule four times. Vlossak uses a range of archival and printed primary material to discuss primary schooling, the press, the women’s movement, the Great War, politics and identity as the region underwent ann…
The view from the border
This article offers a comparative analysis of the origins and development of autonomism in interwar Alsace and the Moselle. Upon the liberation of the provinces in November 1918, the local populations of Alsace and the Moselle enthusiastically welcomed French troops. For President Raymond Poincare ́ this enthusiasm constituted a clear ‘plebiscite’. But, in light of perceived heavy-handedness on the part of the new French rulers, this enthusiasm p…
Alsace to the Alsatians? Visions and Divisions of Alsatian Regionalism, 1870-1939
At the Border
Journal Article At the Border: Margins and Peripheries in Modern France, ed. Henrice Altink and Sharif Gemie Get access At the Border: Margins and Peripheries in Modern France, ed. Henrice Altink and Sharif Gemie (Cardiff: U. of Wales P., 2008; pp. xvi + 199. £85). Alison Carrol Alison Carrol Birkbeck College, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXVI,…
Regional Republicans
This article deals with political discussions about the place of language and religion in interwar Alsatian primary schools viewed through the lens of the local Socialist Party (SFIO). After Alsace's return to France in 1918, primary schools exemplified the problematic process of reintegrating the province, and parties from across the political spectrum discussed the appropriate language of instruction and whether Alsatian school-children should …
Socialism and National Identity in Alsace from Reichsland to République, 1890-1921
This article traces the evolution of socialism in Alsace through an analysis of socialist attitudes towards the nation and region. After Alsace’s annexation into Prussia in 1871, socialism in the province developed under the auspices of the German social democracy. This did a great deal to integrate Alsatian workers into a wider national political culture, while local militants retained the symbols and language of the French revolutionary traditi…
How to be French
In Pursuit of the People. Political Culture in France, 1934-1939
In this important book, Jessica Wardhaugh encourages a reconceptualization of politics in France in the 1930s. Often seen as a period of stalemate, confrontations or, in the words of Eugen Weber, the ‘hollow years’, this decade is given fresh treatment by Wardhaugh in an innovative study of the varied and evolving ways in which left and right sought to represent the French people. The picture that emerges is of creativity rather than société bloq…
Breadwinners and Citizens
Prisoners of Want. The Experience and Protest of the Unemployed in France, 1921-1945
Historians have devoted less attention to the issue of unemployment in interwar France than in other contemporary industrial states, notably Britain and Germany, where rates were far higher. Yet, as Matt Perry stresses in this convincing study, joblessness posed a serious problem for many French households. Levels of unemployment are also likely to be significantly higher than previously assumed, given the peculiarities of the French labour force…
In the Border’s Shadow
This article explores controversies over festivities and monument construction in interwar Strasbourg. After the return of Alsace to France in 1918, these battles became emblematic of broader debates about the region’s place in France and relationship with Germany, as different groups and individuals in Paris and Strasbourg used them to promote their views of the reintegration of Alsace into France. In these debates, the dominant understanding of…
The view from the border
This article offers a comparative analysis of the origins and development of autonomism in interwar Alsace and the Moselle. Upon the liberation of the provinces in November 1918, the local populations of Alsace and the Moselle enthusiastically welcomed French troops. For President Raymond Poincare ́ this enthusiasm constituted a clear ‘plebiscite’. But, in light of perceived heavy-handedness on the part of the new French rulers, this enthusiasm p…
Regional Republicans
This article deals with political discussions about the place of language and religion in interwar Alsatian primary schools viewed through the lens of the local Socialist Party (SFIO). After Alsace's return to France in 1918, primary schools exemplified the problematic process of reintegrating the province, and parties from across the political spectrum discussed the appropriate language of instruction and whether Alsatian school-children should …
Socialism and National Identity in Alsace from Reichsland to République, 1890-1921
This article traces the evolution of socialism in Alsace through an analysis of socialist attitudes towards the nation and region. After Alsace’s annexation into Prussia in 1871, socialism in the province developed under the auspices of the German social democracy. This did a great deal to integrate Alsatian workers into a wider national political culture, while local militants retained the symbols and language of the French revolutionary traditi…
Prisoners of Want. The Experience and Protest of the Unemployed in France, 1921-1945
Historians have devoted less attention to the issue of unemployment in interwar France than in other contemporary industrial states, notably Britain and Germany, where rates were far higher. Yet, as Matt Perry stresses in this convincing study, joblessness posed a serious problem for many French households. Levels of unemployment are also likely to be significantly higher than previously assumed, given the peculiarities of the French labour force…
In Pursuit of the People. Political Culture in France, 1934-1939
In this important book, Jessica Wardhaugh encourages a reconceptualization of politics in France in the 1930s. Often seen as a period of stalemate, confrontations or, in the words of Eugen Weber, the ‘hollow years’, this decade is given fresh treatment by Wardhaugh in an innovative study of the varied and evolving ways in which left and right sought to represent the French people. The picture that emerges is of creativity rather than société bloq…
Breadwinners and Citizens
Socialism and National Identity in Alsace from Reichsland to République, 1890-1921
This article traces the evolution of socialism in Alsace through an analysis of socialist attitudes towards the nation and region. After Alsace’s annexation into Prussia in 1871, socialism in the province developed under the auspices of the German social democracy. This did a great deal to integrate Alsatian workers into a wider national political culture, while local militants retained the symbols and language of the French revolutionary traditi…
How to be French
The view from the border
This article offers a comparative analysis of the origins and development of autonomism in interwar Alsace and the Moselle. Upon the liberation of the provinces in November 1918, the local populations of Alsace and the Moselle enthusiastically welcomed French troops. For President Raymond Poincare ́ this enthusiasm constituted a clear ‘plebiscite’. But, in light of perceived heavy-handedness on the part of the new French rulers, this enthusiasm p…
Alsace to the Alsatians? Visions and Divisions of Alsatian Regionalism, 1870-1939
At the Border
Journal Article At the Border: Margins and Peripheries in Modern France, ed. Henrice Altink and Sharif Gemie Get access At the Border: Margins and Peripheries in Modern France, ed. Henrice Altink and Sharif Gemie (Cardiff: U. of Wales P., 2008; pp. xvi + 199. £85). Alison Carrol Alison Carrol Birkbeck College, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXVI,…
Regional Republicans
This article deals with political discussions about the place of language and religion in interwar Alsatian primary schools viewed through the lens of the local Socialist Party (SFIO). After Alsace's return to France in 1918, primary schools exemplified the problematic process of reintegrating the province, and parties from across the political spectrum discussed the appropriate language of instruction and whether Alsatian school-children should …
Marianne or Germania? Nationalizing Women in Alsace, 1870–1946, by Elizabeth Vlossak
In this important book, Elizabeth Vlossak sets out to establish how women experienced and participated in German and French nation-building initiatives in Alsace over a seventy-six-year period that saw the region pass between French and German rule four times. Vlossak uses a range of archival and printed primary material to discuss primary schooling, the press, the women’s movement, the Great War, politics and identity as the region underwent ann…
Unemployment and Protest. New Perspectives on Two Centuries of Contention
Journal Article Unemployment and Protest. New Perspectives on Two Centuries of Contention Get access Unemployment and Protest. New Perspectives on Two Centuries of Contention. Edited by Matthias Reiss Matt Perry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. x + 438 pp. £75.00. ISBN: 978 0 19 959573 0. Alison Carrol Alison Carrol Brunel University, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 27,…
The Gods of the City
The dawn of the twentieth century triggered much reflection on the changing role of religion in European society. In cities such as Berlin, London and Paris, ministers bemoaned what they perceived to be a growing disinterest in organized religion as the size of their congregations dwindled, growing numbers of young couples opted for civil marriage ceremonies, and Sundays were increasingly spent away from the church. Many of their worst fears that…
In the Border’s Shadow
This article explores controversies over festivities and monument construction in interwar Strasbourg. After the return of Alsace to France in 1918, these battles became emblematic of broader debates about the region’s place in France and relationship with Germany, as different groups and individuals in Paris and Strasbourg used them to promote their views of the reintegration of Alsace into France. In these debates, the dominant understanding of…
France in an Era of Global War, 1914–1945
In France in an Era of Global War, scholars re-examine experiences of French politics, occupation, empire and entanglements with the Anglophone world between 1914 and 1945. In doing so, they question
War, Judgement and Memory in the Basque Borderlands, 1914-1945 * At the Border. Margins and Peripheries in Modern France * Colonial Borderlands
Historians of France have shown a long-lasting fascination with France’s regional diversity. Research into regional politics, culture, exhibitions and tourism has underlined the important place that rootedness in local place played in creating a sense of ‘Frenchness’, and revealed France’s regions to have been a significant motive force in the construction of the French nation. Recent regional histories have continued to offer new ways of thinkin…
David Hopkin, Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France
Cartophilia. Maps and the Search for Identity in the French–German Borderland
In recent years, historians have devoted increasing attention to France’s borders and borderlands. Treating borders and borderlands as sites of both conflict and exchange, important works by Peter Sahlins, Timothy Baycroft, Sandra Ott and others have examined the ways in which local populations have forged their own understandings of language, culture and citizenship through contact with populations living across the border. Cartophilia by Cather…
Wine Making and the Politics of Identity in Alsace, 1918–1939
This article examines the politics of wine making in Alsace in the two decades after the region returned to French rule in 1918. During these years Alsatian wine makers worked to transform their wines to meet the tastes of French drinkers, following five decades of producing wine for German consumption. As wine makers grappled with the question of how to secure the future of their industry, Alsatian wine became emblematic of the most contentious …
Crossing borders
This article traces the emergence of the border regime on France’s eastern frontier after 1918. Following the Treaty of Versailles, the Franco-German boundary moved to accommodate the return of the ‘lost provinces’ Alsace-Lorraine to France, and throughout the interwar years contemporaries viewed this border as one of the most strategically and symbolically important boundaries on the European continent. It was, on the one hand, France’s defensiv…
Imagining a Channel Tunnel in France after the First World War
The cultural shift that France experienced after the First World War has commonly been analysed through the prism of attitudes towards Germany, and the continuation of wartime prejudices in the immediate post-war period. Yet, an exploration of imaginings of future relations with a wartime ally reveals a broad spectrum of assumptions and expectations that span the transition from war to peace. Taking as its focus the prospect of a tunnel under the…
Blogging (French) history
In 2014, the French History Network Blog was launched with the aim of ‘connecting people and ideas’. Ten years later, it has shared hundreds of blog posts with many thousands of readers, covering teaching and researching French history, but also the lives and experiences of the historians involved in doing both things. To mark its tenth anniversary in December 2024, the Institute of Historical Research’s Modern French History Seminar hosted a rou…
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