The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and ContinuitiesAn essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940.It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including:* the emergence of the regime and the Paris Commune of 1871* Franco-German relations* anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair* the role of women and the importance of the national birth-rate* the character of the French Right and of French fascism. |
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... April 1871). His proclamation emphasizes his commitment to direct popular democracy and his hope that the Paris Commune would inspire the rest of France. In fact, the need for an effective and centralized command structure led the ...
... April 1871). His proclamation emphasizes his commitment to direct popular democracy and his hope that the Paris Commune would inspire the rest of France. In fact, the need for an effective and centralized command structure led the ...
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... April 1871 Source: Réimpression du Journal officiel de la République française sous la Commune, p. 286 The extent to which the Paris Commune was socialist has been a matter of controversy. In the decree on abandoned workshops of 16 April ...
... April 1871 Source: Réimpression du Journal officiel de la République française sous la Commune, p. 286 The extent to which the Paris Commune was socialist has been a matter of controversy. In the decree on abandoned workshops of 16 April ...
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... April 1871; cited in P. ten-Doesschate Chu, Letters of Gustave Courbet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1992, pp. 410–11 Traditionally, French regimes had taken an interest in art and architecture as expressions of prestige and as ...
... April 1871; cited in P. ten-Doesschate Chu, Letters of Gustave Courbet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1992, pp. 410–11 Traditionally, French regimes had taken an interest in art and architecture as expressions of prestige and as ...
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... April and appointment as mayor of the sixth arrondissement on 23 April; and he was partly responsible forthe dismissal of the curators of the Louvre and Luxembourg museums. On the otherhand, Courbet was not directly responsible forthe ...
... April and appointment as mayor of the sixth arrondissement on 23 April; and he was partly responsible forthe dismissal of the curators of the Louvre and Luxembourg museums. On the otherhand, Courbet was not directly responsible forthe ...
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... April the Commune did attempt to mount a sortie against Versailles, butthis failed, and the Versaillais went on the offensive, capturing the forts of Issy (9 May) and Vanves (14 May) and eventually entering the wealthy western districts ...
... April the Commune did attempt to mount a sortie against Versailles, butthis failed, and the Versaillais went on the offensive, capturing the forts of Issy (9 May) and Vanves (14 May) and eventually entering the wealthy western districts ...
Contents
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2 The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
3 The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
4 Women and the family | 80 |
5 The First World War | 106 |
6 France after the First World War | 136 |
7 The Popular Front | 172 |
8 The fall of France June 1940 | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
Index | 253 |
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