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Liebersohn, Harry Moentmann, Elise Marie 2015-09-25T22:24:21Z 2015-09-25T22:24:21Z 10000-01-01 1998 1998 In opposition to the prevailing tendency of historians to characterize French modernization as backward and interwar French society and culture as stagnant and even reactionary, I illustrate how the organizers' focus on human production and its representation in a conservative modernism was a valid response to both the economic and cultural realities of the time. Furthermore, such a response had real potential to bring economic prosperity, confirm a cultural self-definition for France, and restore confidence in the country's future. The study is quite timely, as France in the late 1990 s faces crucial decisions on such things as further European integration, the place of immigrants in French society, and the effects of globalization on French language and culture, all of which will help to determine how France negotiates its entry into the twenty-first century. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T22:24:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9904544.pdf: 14346930 bytes, checksum: deef9d4c09a800a414ea3f7de2ec2c40 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1998 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 86020 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 297 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84739 (MiAaPQ)AAI9904544 eng Design and Decorative Arts Conservative Modernism at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris text History History University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.