Books by Alain Corbin

AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1936

Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.

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Les Héros de l'histoire de France

3.8

Author: Alain Corbin

Libro de bolsillo

£9.89

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Terra Incognita

3.9

Author: Alain Corbin

Libro de bolsillo

£10.90£21.90

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Histoire du silence

4.5

Author: Alain Corbin

Tapa blanda

£13.52£17.90

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L'harmonie des plaisirs: Les manières de jouir du siècle des Lumières à l'avènement de la sexologie

4.2

Author: Alain Corbin

Tapa blanda

£10.18£55.28

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La douceur de l'ombre

3.8

Author: Alain Corbin

Tapa blanda

£12.73

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About Alain Corbin

Birth

1936

First book

1978

Years writing

Biography

Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.

Alain Corbin is a prominent French historian born in 1936 in the town of Courtomer.

His extensive academic career includes teaching experience in both secondary education and at the university level.

He is globally recognized for exploring the history of sensibilities and the social aspects of the 19th century.

Among his most influential works is 'The Foul and the Fragrant', a fascinating study on smell and social imagination.

Throughout his career, he has published over 60 works analyzing topics as diverse as the desire for the coastline or the lives of anonymous figures.

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