Download or read book Realms of Memory: Conflicts and divisions written by Pierre Nora and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do human societies leave their mark on the world so they are not forgotten? This is a collection of work by leading French intellectuals exploring the statutes, cathedrals, palaces, rituals, legends and events of history that form the architecture of the French collective consciousness.