Jean-Yves Mollier

Emeritus professor of History

Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

FR

Biography

Co-founder and director of the CHCS at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin, Jean-Yves Mollier was director of the Ecole doctorale des Sciences sociales at his university from 2003 to 2016. A specialist in the history of books, publishing, reading and censorship, he has published numerous books on the subject, but has also been interested in the history of the Second and Third French Republic, the history of the Panama scandal and parliamentary corruption.

Articles (1)

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Transatlantic Authors in European Publishing after 1945

This article on the circulation of books in the transatlantic space starts with a historically datable observation: the lopsided exchanges between European countries and their colonies in the 19th century. When Europe discovered the richness of African and Latin American literatures, the balance became more equal, especially after 1945.