Recent Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1 (Winter 2008) Tom McDonough, “The Beautiful Language of My Century”: Reinventing the Language of Contestation in Postwar France, 1945-1968.  Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2007.  273 pp.  Illustrations, notes, index.  $34.95 (hb).  ISBN 0-262-13477-2. Review Essays: Julian Bourg, Bucknell University Steven Ungar, University of Iowa Gisèle Sapiro, CNRS, Centre de sociologie européenne Gerd-Rainer Horn, University of Warwick Response Essay by Tom McDonough, Binghamton University Copyright © 2008 by the Society for French Historical Studies, all rights reserved. The Society for French Historical Studies permits the electronic distribution for nonprofit educational purposes, provided that full and accurate credit is given to the author, the date of publication, and its location on the H-France website. No republication or distribution by print media will be permitted without permission. For any other proposed uses, contact the Editor-in-Chief of H-France. ISSN 1557-7058 For earlier essays, please see H-France's Discussion Forum and Essays Page Maintained by the H-France Web Editorial Team