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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Page 7
... France, and you will march in step towards victory together! Firmly banish the weaknesses which have been able, at certain The emergence of the Third Republic, 1870–1 7 Document 1.4 Gambetta and National Defence PROCLAMATION TO THE ARMY.
... France, and you will march in step towards victory together! Firmly banish the weaknesses which have been able, at certain The emergence of the Third Republic, 1870–1 7 Document 1.4 Gambetta and National Defence PROCLAMATION TO THE ARMY.
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... March, on 7 Germinal Year 79 [according to the revolutionary calendar of 1793], the people of Paris inaugurated the entry into the Hôtel de Ville of their Commune, which they had elected on 26 March. A human ocean under arms, bayonets ...
... March, on 7 Germinal Year 79 [according to the revolutionary calendar of 1793], the people of Paris inaugurated the entry into the Hôtel de Ville of their Commune, which they had elected on 26 March. A human ocean under arms, bayonets ...
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... March for an independent municipal administration or Commune in Paris. The central committee of the National Guard formally handed over its powers to the elected members of this Commune at a ceremony in front of the Hôtel de Ville on 28 ...
... March for an independent municipal administration or Commune in Paris. The central committee of the National Guard formally handed over its powers to the elected members of this Commune at a ceremony in front of the Hôtel de Ville on 28 ...
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... March to take over the Prefecture of Police. He subsequently became one of the three main military commanders of the Commune and an elected member of the Council of the Commune. An advocate of taking the offensive against Versailles, he ...
... March to take over the Prefecture of Police. He subsequently became one of the three main military commanders of the Commune and an elected member of the Council of the Commune. An advocate of taking the offensive against Versailles, he ...
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... March ended fraternization and permitted a revival of morale and discipline. At the same time, the insurrections that had occurred in some provincial cities were quickly suppressed, and the Germans released large numbers of captured ...
... March ended fraternization and permitted a revival of morale and discipline. At the same time, the insurrections that had occurred in some provincial cities were quickly suppressed, and the Germans released large numbers of captured ...
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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