TOURAINE

toorĕnˈ, region and former province (until the French Revolution), W central France, centering around Tours (the historic capital) and drained by the Loire, Cher, and Vienne rivers. Roughly coextensive with Indre-et-Loire dept., Touraine, with its fertile valleys, orchards, and vineyards, is known as the "garden of France." Its numerous châteaus (see Chinon, Azay-le-Rideau, Chambord, Amboise), built mainly in the 15th and 16th cent., are noted tourist attractions. Descartes, Rabelais, and Balzac were born in Touraine, and the latter two celebrated their birthplace in their writings. Originally the county of Tours, Touraine passed (10th cent.) to the counts of Blois, who ceded it (11th cent.) to the counts of Anjou. Touraine then passed (1152) under English domination and was retaken (1204) by Philip II of France and united with the French crown.

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books on: Touraine  - 1718 results

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What Is Democracy?
Book by Alain Touraine, David Macey; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Democracy
...sequel to A Critique of Modernity , Alain Touraine questions the social and cultural content...survive in the postcommunist world, Touraine argues, it must accomplish two urgent...believe we are fighting to uphold. Alain Touraine is a sociologist.He created the Centre...
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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: From Structuralism to Postmodernity
Book by John Lechte; Routledge, 1994
Subjects: Feminist Theory, Philosophy, Marxist, Philosophy, Modern--20th Century, Semiotics, Structuralism
...Superieure, where he passed his agregation , Touraine decided to break with family tradition...an interest in sociology, and in 1950 Touraine joined the sociologist, Georges Friedmann...followed a decade later. In 1952, Touraine left France, and went to study in America...
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The Limits of Public Choice: A Sociological Critique of the Economic Theory of Politics
Book by Lars Udehn; Routledge, 1996
...two distinguished sociologists: Alain Touraine and Jurgen Habermas Cohen, 1982:26ff...the quotation from Turner above. For Touraine, the occurrence of new social movements...workers, but on the use of knowledge Touraine, 1969/1971 . In post-industrial...
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Mobilizing Modernity: The Nuclear Moment
Book by Ian Welsh; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Antinuclear Movement, Nuclear Energy--Social Aspects, Nuclear Industry
...Against hierarchy Melucci 1989, 1996; Offe 1985; Touraine 1985, 1995 For autonomy Melucci 1989, 1996; Offe 1985; Touraine 1985, 1995 Conflictual Melucci 1989, 1996; Offe 1985; Touraine 1985, 1995 Breaking the limits of political systems...
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The Struggle over Work: The 'End of Work" and Employment Options for Post-Industrial Societies
Book by Shaun Wilson; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Labor Economics, Labor Movement, Labor Policy--United States, United States--Social Policy--1993-, Work--Social Aspects
...of what it is to be a social actor. Touraine understands social change as the dynamic...constitutive social movements. So when Touraine argues we are undergoing a transformation...the highest level of social conflict. Touraine claims that new social movements, which...
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Action, Movement, and Intervention: Reflections on the Sociology of Alain Touraine
Journal article by Alan Scott; Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 28, 1991
Subjects: Anthropology, Sociology
...Reflections on the sociology of Alain Touraine ALAN SCOTT University of East Anglia...article examine les declarations quAlain Touraine fait pour sa sociologie de laction. On argumente qualors que Touraine presente une critique puissante des...
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Jack the Ripper, the Dialectic of Enlightenment and the Search for Spiritual Deliverance in White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings
Journal article by Alex Murray; Critical Survey, Vol. 16, 2004
Subjects: Adorno, Theodor W., Habermas, Jurgen, Horkheimer, Max, Sickert, Walter, Touraine, Alain
...of modernity, such as that of Alain Touraine, suggests that any escape from the Ripper...would like to introduce the work of Alain Touraine. Touraines The Critique of Modernity...reinvigorated modernity. Like Habermas, Touraine sees the project of modernity as unfinished...
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Equality And/or Difference: Real Problems, False Dilemmas (1)
Journal article by Alain Touraine; Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 28, 2003
...Real Problems, False Dilemmas (1). by Alain Touraine The opposition between these two terms is so...Difference and Plurality. Email address: touraine@ehess.fr. Alain Touraine, Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en...
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Public Argument Action Research and the Learning Curve of New Social Movements
Journal article by Gordon R. Mitchell; Argumentation and Advocacy, Vol. 40, 2004
Subjects: Debates and debating--Analysis, Debates--Analysis, Forensics (Public speaking)--Analysis, Social movements--Analysis, Social movements--Case studies, Syllogism--Analysis
...Wander, 1983). French sociologist Alain Touraine has developed a method for studying social...issue of reflexivity front and center. Touraine (1978/1981, pp. 141-42), originator...occupy an important site in society, Touraine suggests, because they enjoy unique...
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A Critique of Ultimate Referentiality in the New Social Movement Theory of Alberto Melucci
Journal article by Peyman Vahabzadeh; Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 26, 2001
Subjects: Melucci, Alberto--Research, Social movements--Research, Sociologists--Research, Sociology--Models
...European theorists -- namely, Alain Touraine, Klaus Eder, Claus Offe -- who emphasize...show affinity with those identified by Touraine. As such, he alludes to the "changes...as a unified totality. According to Touraine, the originator of this conception of...
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The New Religious Map of Latin America: Causes and Social Effects
Magazine article by Jean-Pierre Bastian; Cross Currents, Vol. 48, Fall 1998
Subjects: Catholicity--Latin America, Christianity and other religions--Latin America, Christianity--Latin America, Latin America--Religion
...channel of chosen representatives" (Touraine, 1988, 99-100). As the facilitator...the most utilitarian clientelism" (Touraine, 1988, 257). Nevertheless, precisely...Louvain) 43, no. 1 (1996): 367-90. Touraine, Alain. La parole et le sang, politique...
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Napoleonic Code
Magazine article by Bee Wilson; New Statesman, Vol. 130, August 27, 2001
Subjects: Cheese--France, Dairy industry--Products, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc.
...to look at, and not too overwhelming, is the Valencay from Touraine, a truncated pyramid of firm, close-textured unpasteurised...moulded like pyramids with the tops cut off had been made in Touraine, Charentes and Poitou for years. What is undisputed, however...
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The Other Joan of Arc: Beautiful, Clever and Determined, Yolande of Aragon Was at the Heart of the Diplomatic and Military Campaigns That United 15th-Century France. Margaret L. Kekewich Charts Her Career
Magazine article by Margaret L. Kekewich; History Today, Vol. 59, January 2009
Subjects: Military maneuvers--History, Military operations--History, Princesses--Appreciation, Princesses--History, Yolande of Aragon--Appreciation, Yolande of Aragon--History
...1423 to be welcomed by Charles with the title of Duchess of Touraine. She seldom let him out of her sight in the following years...the English besiegers and that the Loire valley, including Touraine and Anjou, would be opened to them. Philippe Contamine...
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Images of Acadia
Magazine article by Adrian Mourby; History Today, Vol. 47, December 1997
Subjects: Evangeline (Poem)--Influence, Huguenots--Nova Scotia, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth--Works, Nova Scotia--History
...they set about farming it with gusto. These were a people drawn mainly from the west of France, Berry Poitou, Santonage and Touraine, and between 1632 and 1635 the French government shipped out a further 300 colonists to join them. The land prospered and...
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Urban ... Infill: Working within the Constraints of As-Found Urban Sites, This Section Shows How to Make the Most of Residual Land
Magazine article by Rob Gregory; The Architectural Review, Vol. 223, March 2008
Subjects: Architects--Works, Chong, Donald--Works, Dwellings--Design and construction, Housing--Design and construction
...and a formal distortion that makes the most of spectacular views. Views also help shape the next two examples, firstly in Touraine Richmond Architects One Window House in Venice, California (p68), that goes against the low-rise grain to maximise mountain...
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First Vintage Shows Promise
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 5, 2010
Subjects: Wine, Wine industry--Trade shows, Wineries--Trade shows
...to do as I want." His vineyard is in Touraine, near Saint Aignan, on the north bank...Blanc, one of the classic styles of the Touraine region. "Dad picked all his grapes...Valentin Ledys is aged just 22 GREAT SPOT Touraine vineyard, near Saint Aignan, on the...
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Your LIFE: WINE; FOOD AND DRINK
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 28, 2007
Subjects: Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia), Soft drink industry, Wine
...Further west again is the vast area of Touraine which also does a half decent line in value sauvignon blanc. White Touraine can be made from a number of different...to Sancerre look for Sauvignon de Touraine. Ill spare you soil similarities...
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Travel: Cycling through a Rural Idyll; Graeme Currie Was Stunned by the Scenery of the Loire Valley Even When Saddled with Wet Weather
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 25, 2004
...APICNIC of fresh French bread, the best Touraine pate, a superior vintage and great company...yourself with prepared pork, local (Touraine) goats cheese and salad -- definitely...heads west from Tours. Go to tourism-touraine. com/loireavelo for accommodation...
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Who Could Resist an Italian Lakeside Villa or a Medieval French Mill House? You Can Have a Dreamy Lake or River View for under [Pounds Sterling]200,000, Says Cathy Hawker
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 8, 2011
Subjects: Real estate industry, Rivers
...house with more than 20 acres at pounds sterling834,960. In Touraine, close to a TGV station, it is selling three linked medieval...winkworth.fr; 020 8576 5582 pounds sterling1.1 million: in Touraine, near a TGV station, Winkworth is selling three linked medieval...
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Win a Luxury French Chateau Break
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 22, 2011
...two in France at the Chateau de Tille in the Loire-Anjou-Touraine national park. This fantastic weekend trip includes your travel...Prize: 2-night stay at Chateau de Tille, Loire-Anjou-Touraine national park. Includes return economy classes travel from...
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encyclopedia articles on: Touraine  - 25 results

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Touraine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOURAINE tooren , region and former province...coextensive with Indre-et-Loire dept., Touraine, with its fertile valleys, orchards...Descartes, Rabelais, and Balzac were born in Touraine, and the latter two celebrated their...
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Anjou
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the counts of Blois . His successor, Geoffrey Martel, won Touraine from Blois (1044) and Maine from Normandy (1051). Fulk...France, to whom he paid homage (1199) for Anjou, Maine, and Touraine. After Arthurs death, Philip II seized (1204) all Anjou...
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Tours
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...capital of Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Loire River. It is a wine market and a tourist center...archdiocese in 853. The history of Tours is essentially that of Touraine , of which it was the capital. It was favored by many kings...
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Loches
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LOCHES losh, town (1990 pop. 7,133), Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Indre River. Products include processed food and electronics. It is famous for its medieval buildings, especially the...
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Loire , River, France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...fertile valley; Tours and Angers are there. In the Loire basin lie the rich fields, gardens, and vineyards of Orleanais, Touraine, and Anjou. At the head of the Loire estuary, c.35 mi (55 km) from the sea, is the industrial city of Nantes. The...
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