Introduction: France in the world, the world in France
Strangers in a strange land : the saga of the French Five Hundred
World revolutionary in a universal nation : Karl Marx in Paris
The other second empire : France's intervention in Mexico
Capital of fashion : Paris and the rise of haute couture
Universalism from the margins : the Alliance Israélite Universelle
Painter of empire : the life of Paul Gauguin
Lafayette, we are here! : France and the Americans during the Great War
Colonial and global revolutionary : the apprenticeship of Ho Chi Minh
Foreigners for France : the Manouchian group and the French resistance
Universal family : Josephine Baker and the Rainbow Tribe
Transnational France on vacation : a history of Club Med
Postcolonial soundtrack : hip hop music and culture in contemporary France
Conclusion: A nation of stories large and small.