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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... Revolution 1917–1921 Ronald Kowalski The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union Richard Sakwa FORTHCOMING The German Experience Anthony McElligott The Stalin Era Philip Boobbyer France 1870–1940 Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue ...
... Revolution 1917–1921 Ronald Kowalski The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union Richard Sakwa FORTHCOMING The German Experience Anthony McElligott The Stalin Era Philip Boobbyer France 1870–1940 Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue ...
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... revolution, further military defeats, civil war and a humiliating peace treaty. These circumstances profoundly influenced nearly all aspects of French life, particularly during the first decades of the Third Republic. During the 1860s ...
... revolution, further military defeats, civil war and a humiliating peace treaty. These circumstances profoundly influenced nearly all aspects of French life, particularly during the first decades of the Third Republic. During the 1860s ...
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... revolution' of 4 September was achieved with virtually no violence to life or property. After the demise of the Second Republic (1848–52), republicanism had gradually re-emerged in France from the late 1850s, and by 1870 approximately ...
... revolution' of 4 September was achieved with virtually no violence to life or property. After the demise of the Second Republic (1848–52), republicanism had gradually re-emerged in France from the late 1850s, and by 1870 approximately ...
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... revolutionary war effort, Gambetta hoped to win the Franco-Prussian Warthrough a movement of popular and national resistance ratherthanthrough the exclusive efforts of France's professional army, which had become tainted by its record ...
... revolutionary war effort, Gambetta hoped to win the Franco-Prussian Warthrough a movement of popular and national resistance ratherthanthrough the exclusive efforts of France's professional army, which had become tainted by its record ...
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... revolution, Thiers persuaded the government to authorize him to tour the capitals of Europe so as to secure international support for the negotiation of an immediate armistice. During September and October Thiers visited London, St ...
... revolution, Thiers persuaded the government to authorize him to tour the capitals of Europe so as to secure international support for the negotiation of an immediate armistice. During September and October Thiers visited London, St ...
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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