
Auguste and Louis Lumière
invented the cinématographe.
Their screening of L'Arrivée
d'un train en gare de la Ciotat
in 1895 in Paris is often cited
as the official birth of cinema.
The French Revolution is
considered a major turning
point in European history.
It brought about the end
of feudalism and helped
spread new social and
political ideals.

The name of France derives
from the Latin Francia,
meaning "country of the
Franks." The Franks were a
Germanic tribe that conquered
the region in the 5th century.
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General
French
Cinema: From its Beginnings to the Present,
by Remi Lanzoni, 496 p. (2004)
An chronological, scholarly survey of French filmmaking
from 1895 to 2002 that examines how 20th-century events affected
the development of French cinema.
Republic
of Images: A History of French Filmmaking, by
Alan Williams, 472 p. (1992)
French
Film: Texts and Contexts, by Susan
Hayward (Editor), Ginette Vincendeau, eds., 368 p. (2000)
This volume provides analyses of 22 French cinema
classics filmed between the 1920s and 1990s in their historical,
cinematic, social and/or political contexts. Also contains director
filmographies.
French
National Cinema, by Susan Hayward,
325 p. (1993)
French
Cinema: The Student's Book, by Alan
Singerman, 392 p. (2005)
This is the English version of "Apprentisage
du cinema Francais" so the same French cinema course can be
taught to non-French-speaking students of cultural or cinema studies.
This book covers the history of the origins of French film, explains
how to analyze a film, and has a lexicon of French cinema terms
and an analysis of 17 major masterpieces of French filmmaking.
French
Cinema: A Student's Guide, by Phil
Powrie, Keith Reader, 256 p. (2003)
The guide introduces students
to the history and theory of French cinema as well as the concepts
and techniques involved in the study of film. Also includes a model
essay, sample film analyses.
Periods in French Film
Contemporary
French Cinema: An Introduction, by
Guy Austin, 240 p. (1996)
This analysis of 25 years of popular French film
offers summaries of public and critical reception of a wide range
of genres as well as detailed accounts of individual films.
France
on Film- Reflections on Popular French Cinema, by
Lucy Mazdon, 192 p. (2001)
French
Cinema in the 1990s: Continuity and Difference, by
Phil Powrie, 286 p. (2000)
French
Cinema in the 1970s: The Echoes of May, by
Alison Smith, 304 p. (2005)
A
History of the French New Wave Cinema, by
Richard Neupert, 368 p. (2002)
The
Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960, by
Colin Crisp, 485 p. (1997)
Genre,
Myth, and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939, by
Colin Crisp, 440 p. (2002)
The
Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema 1896-1914, by
Richard Abel, 568 p. (1998)
French Film Directors
From the ever-growing French Film Directors series by
Manchester University Press, publication dates beginning 1998: Luc
Besson, Bertrand
Blier,
Robert
Bresson, Leos
Carax, Claude
Chabrol, Jean
Cocteau,
Diane
Curys,
Claire
Denis, Georges
Franju, Jean-Luc
Godard, Patrice
Leconte, Louis
Malle, George
Melies, Jean
Renoir, Alain
Resnais, Coline
Serreau, Francois
Truffaut, Agnès
Varda, Jean
Vigo.
French-Speaking
Women Film Directors: A Guide, by
Janis L. Pallister, 250 p. (1998) or the updated edition, Francophone
Women Film Directors: A Guide, by Janis L. Pallister, Ruth A.
Hottell, 292 p. (2005)
French-Speaking
Women Documentarians: A Guide, by
Janis L. Pallister, Ruth A. Hottell, 279 p. (2005)
Issues in French Cinema
Encore
Hollywood: Remaking French Cinema, by
Lucy Mazdon, 169 p. (2000)
Double
Takes: Culture and Gender in French
Films and Their American Remakes, by Carolyn A. Durham, 260
p. (1998)
Stars
and Stardom in French Cinema, by
Ginette Vincendeau, 275 p. (2005)
General
The
Cambridge Illustrated History of France, by
Colin Jones, 352 p. (1999)
A general reference providing a solid introduction
and historical survey of French politics and social life from pre-Roman
to modern times. Includes quality color photos and illustrations.
La
Belle France: A Short History, by
Alistair Horne, 512 p. (2003)
This book is a comprehensive yet concise illustrated
history of France from Roman times through the 20th century. Award-winning
author Horne seamlessly integrates political, intellectual, and social
history into a compelling narrative.
A
History of Modern France, by Jeremy
D. Popkin, 384 p. (2005)
This book examines French history from the age of
the Enlightenment to the present. The volume is informed in current
scholarship on French history and weaves the strands of social, cultural,
and economic history together into a vivid account of historical events
and conditions.
Period- & Theme-Specific French History
Short Oxford History of France series:
This series brings together a team of international
experts to provide a survey of French history from Frankish Gaul to
the present day. Each volume outlins the most important developments
in political, economic, cultural, and social history and examines
French activities both domestically and abroad.
France
in the Central Middle Ages 900-1200, by Marcus Graham Bull, ed.,
237 p. (2003)
France
in the Later Middle Ages 1200-1500, by David Potter, ed., 280
p. (2003)
Renaissance
and Reformation France, 1500-1648, by Mack P. Holt, ed., 263 p.
(2002)
Old
Regime France: 1648-1788, by William Doyle, ed., 281 p. (2001)
Revolutionary
France: 1788-1880, by Malcolm Crook, ed., 250 p. (2002)
Modern
France: 1880-2002, by James McMillan, ed., 256 p. (2004)
A
History of the Franks, by Gregory
of Tours, Lewis Thorpe, trans., 720 p. (1976)
France
in the Middle Ages: 987-1460 : From Hugh Capet to Joan of Arc, by
Georges Duby, Juliet Vale, trans. (1993)
The
Ancien Regime: A History of France 1610-1774, by
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Mark Greengrass, trans., 586 p. (1998) 
Unnaturally
French: Foreign Citizens in the Old Regime and After, by
Peter Sahlins, 480 p. (2004)
This study explains how and why foreigners became
French citizens in the Old Regime and thereafter. By synthesizing
social, political, and legal history, the author traces the establishement
of modern political citizenship and nationality law in France. He
further demonstrates how the neglected problems of citizenship and
state membership influenced the making and unmaking of the French
absolute monarchy.
Greater
France: A History of French Overseas Expansion, by
Robert Aldrich, 388 p. (1996)
In
Search of Empire: France in the Americas, 1670-1730, by
James Pritchard, 512 p. (2004)
A
Short History of the French Revolution, by
Jeremy D. Popkin, 176 p. (2001)
An introduction to the major events that make up the story of the
French Revolution, to the different ways in which historians have
interpreted them, to the political, social, and cultural origins of
the Revolution, and to the latest methodological approaches.
The
French Revolution: A History, by Thomas
Carlyle, 848 p. (2002)
Origins
of the French Revolution, by William
Doyle, rev. 3rd ed., 237 p. (1999)
The indispensable guide to what brought about
the French Revolution and to the debates of historians about the issue.
This new edition brings the historiography up to date, and offers
a modified interpretation in light of this research by a new generation
of scholars.
French, by
Politics
and Theater: The Crisis of Legitimacy in Restoration France, 1815-1830, by
Sheryl Kroen, 424 p. (2000)
French
Civilization and Its Discontents: Nationalism,
Colonialism, Race, by Tyler Stovall, 288 p. (2003)
Peasants
into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914, by
Eugen Weber (1979)
Mission
to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire
in France & West Africa, 1895-1930, by Alice L. Conklin, 384 p.
(2000)
True
France: The Wars over Cultural Identity, 1900-1945, by
Herman Lebovics, 248 p. (1994)
Vichy
France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944, by
Robert O. Paxton, 438 p. (2001)
Bringing
the Empire Back Home: France in the Global Age, by
Herman Lebovics, 232 p. (2004)
This cultural history outlines the intense disputes
over French identity and how they have played out in the latter half
of the 20th century. The author depicts contemporary French society
as a testing ground of pluralism and assimilation. The book is an
exploration of what happens when regional, national, European, ethnic
postcolonial, and global influences meet.
France
in Crisis: Welfare, Inequality, and Globalization since 1980, by
Timothy B. Smith, 308 p. (2004)
Contemporary
France: An Introduction to French Politics and Society, by
David J. Howarth, Georgios Varouxakis, 288 p. (2003)
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