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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... Jules Favre and Emmanuel Arago; and then and there, on that historic spot, I heard Gambetta proclaim the Republic of ... Jules Favre and Jules Simon led the crowd to the Hôtel de Ville (the Paris town hall), where in the afternoon of ...
... Jules Favre and Emmanuel Arago; and then and there, on that historic spot, I heard Gambetta proclaim the Republic of ... Jules Favre and Jules Simon led the crowd to the Hôtel de Ville (the Paris town hall), where in the afternoon of ...
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... Jules Favre (Foreign Affairs), Adolphe Crémieux (Justice), Ernest Picard (Finance) and Jules Simon (Education and Religion) – and another moderate republican, Etienne Arago, was appointed mayor of Paris. Document. 1.4. Gambetta. and.
... Jules Favre (Foreign Affairs), Adolphe Crémieux (Justice), Ernest Picard (Finance) and Jules Simon (Education and Religion) – and another moderate republican, Etienne Arago, was appointed mayor of Paris. Document. 1.4. Gambetta. and.
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... Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe hope of securing at least an armistice, if nota peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses in return for an armistice ...
... Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe hope of securing at least an armistice, if nota peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses in return for an armistice ...
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... Jules Favre, Gambetta expressed what became the conventional wisdom, namely that, in surrendering Metz, Bazaine had betrayed France and was therefore a traitor. A military tribunal confirmed this view in 1873 by finding Bazaine guilty ...
... Jules Favre, Gambetta expressed what became the conventional wisdom, namely that, in surrendering Metz, Bazaine had betrayed France and was therefore a traitor. A military tribunal confirmed this view in 1873 by finding Bazaine guilty ...
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... Jules Favre to serve as the government's envoy to London on 9 September. Convinced that the Franco-Prussian War should be ended as soon as possible to avoid further useless suffering and the possibility of revolution, Thiers persuaded ...
... Jules Favre to serve as the government's envoy to London on 9 September. Convinced that the Franco-Prussian War should be ended as soon as possible to avoid further useless suffering and the possibility of revolution, Thiers persuaded ...
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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