Resources for the study of French history
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- Map of the French Republic
- Magellan, 1997. A simple political map of the French
Republic.
- Row over French history
- By Jon Henley, Mail&Guardian, 1 May
2005. More than 1 000 historians, writers and intellectuals
have signed a petition demanding the repeal of a new law
requiring school history teachers in France to stress the
positive aspects of French colonialism.
- France Orders Positive Spin on
Colonialism
- The Associated Press, 21 October 2005. France, grappling
for decades with its colonial past, has passed a law to put
an upbeat spin on a painful era, making it mandatory to
enshrine in textbooks the country's
positive role
in its far-flung colonies.