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Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Linguistic Map of France in the Middle Ages | p. x |
Map of the French-Speaking World | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Origins | |
The Romance of French | p. 19 |
In French and Not Otherwise | p. 44 |
The Dawn of Purism | p. 62 |
Spread | |
Far from the Sun | p. 91 |
The Language of Genius | p. 115 |
Revolutionary French | p. 136 |
New Sanctuaries | p. 155 |
French without Faute | p. 173 |
Tool for an Empire | p. 192 |
Lost Worlds | p. 212 |
Adaptation | |
The Power of Attraction | p. 241 |
The Invention of Cultural Diplomacy | p. 257 |
A New Playing Field | p. 275 |
Choosing French | p. 295 |
Rocking the Boat | p. 319 |
The Francophonie | p. 338 |
Change | |
The Struggle for Standards | p. 367 |
Protecting the Future | p. 391 |
Global Hesitations | p. 419 |
The Unwritten Chapters | p. 441 |
Appendices | p. 451 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 461 |
Index | p. 467 |
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