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In recent decades the combined pressures of immigration, European integration, and globalization have sparked profound crises of identity in France. Against this backdrop, scholars of France have begun to investigate the genealogy of nationality and citizenship. In his rich and learned new book, Peter Sahlins treats these themes historically, from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, from an unusual and unexpected perspective: how and why foreigners became French citizens in the Old Regime and after.

Unnaturally French is a brilliant synthesis of social, legal, and political history. At its core are the histories of thousands of individual foreigners and their families whose social identities and geographic origins are presented here for the first time. In his comprehensive account of the theory, procedure, and practice of naturalization, Sahlins draws on a wide range of juridical and political writings to consider the neglected problems of citizenship and state membership in the making and unmaking of the French absolute monarchy.

Rather than date the establishment of modern political citizenship and nationality law from the French Revolution of 1789, Sahlins argues that the transformations began in the "citizenship revolution" of the eighteenth century. He finds that changes in nationality law and political culture in the eighteenth century led to the much-contested abolition of the distinction between foreigners and citizens. Sahlins also shows how the Enlightenment and the political failure of the monarchy in France laid the foundations for the development of an exclusively political citizenship that found its expression before the French Revolution. His original and exhaustive treatment of naturalization sheds light on our understanding not only of the sources of the French revolution and the revolutionary process, but also its consequences..
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Employing artificial materials to create simulations of nature, the 18 artists featured in UnNaturally explore the ways in which the boundaries between nature and culture are sometimes blurred. Works by Tim Hawkinson, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Roxy Paine, Marc Quinn, and Francis Whitehead play on our nostalgia for an idealized pre-industrial past in which man and nature coexisted harmoniously in an unspoiled landscape, the same nostalgia that has given rise to constructed environments in malls, zoos, and other themed "entertainment destinations" where nature is tamed and packaged for consumer use. Through an art of studied verisimilitude, impressive craftsmanship, and occasional deadpan use of irony, the artists presented here suggest that the natural world can be reproduced with man-made materials just like any other mass-produced commercial product.

Artists Include: Chris Astley, Gregory Crewdson, Jacci den Hartog, Keith Edmier, Eva Leitolf, Tony Matelli, Jason Middlebrook, Nicoletta Munroe, Roxy Paine, Michael Pierzynski, Marc Quinn, Michelle Segre, Alyson Shotz, Yoshihiro Suda, Mike Tyler, and Francis Whitehead.

Essays by Mary Kay Lombino and Barbara Kingsolver.
Foreword by Judith Richards..
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This digital document is an article from Wordsworth Circle, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 8382 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Centaurs unnaturally fabulous.(portrayals of the mythical animal)
Author: Carl Woodring
Publication:Wordsworth Circle (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
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Volume: 38 Issue: 1-2 Page: 4(9)

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2006. The length of the article is 870 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Unnaturally French: Foreign Citizens in the Old Regime and After.(Book review)
Author: Stephen A. Toth
Publication:Canadian Journal of History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
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Volume: 41 Issue: 1 Page: 116(2)

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on March 4, 2001. The length of the article is 964 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "Soy premeditadamente natural".(Pau Donés, cantante)(TT: "I am unnaturally natural".)(TA: singer Pau Donés)(Artículo Breve)(Entrevista)
Author: José Antonio de Luis
Publication:Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 4, 2001
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 80

Article Type: Artículo Breve, Entrevista

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