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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Illuminating the contemporary issues of the day through a wealth of primary sources including memoir literature, personal correspondence, parliamentary debates, public speeches, contemporary newspapers, and government documents, ...
Illuminating the contemporary issues of the day through a wealth of primary sources including memoir literature, personal correspondence, parliamentary debates, public speeches, contemporary newspapers, and government documents, ...
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Sources in History is a new series responding to the continued shift of emphasis in the teaching of history in schools and universities towards the use of primary sources and the testing of historical skills.
Sources in History is a new series responding to the continued shift of emphasis in the teaching of history in schools and universities towards the use of primary sources and the testing of historical skills.
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Sources in History is intended to reflect the individual voice of the volume author(s) with the aim of bringing the central themes of specific topics into sharper focus. Each volume will consist of an authoritative introduction to the ...
Sources in History is intended to reflect the individual voice of the volume author(s) with the aim of bringing the central themes of specific topics into sharper focus. Each volume will consist of an authoritative introduction to the ...
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Source: E.F. de Wimpffen, La Bataille de Sedan. Paris: A. Le Chevalier. 1872, p. 57 General de Wimpffen had been recalled from Algeria, where he 2 The emergence of the Third Republic, 1870–1 Document 1.1 The French Defeat at Sedan(1 ...
Source: E.F. de Wimpffen, La Bataille de Sedan. Paris: A. Le Chevalier. 1872, p. 57 General de Wimpffen had been recalled from Algeria, where he 2 The emergence of the Third Republic, 1870–1 Document 1.1 The French Defeat at Sedan(1 ...
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Source: 'Sedan et Wilhelmshöhe', La Revue de Paris, 15 October 1929, pp. 857–9 This is a record made of the exchanges between General de Wimpffen (the French army commander), General von Moltke (the German army commander) and Count von ...
Source: 'Sedan et Wilhelmshöhe', La Revue de Paris, 15 October 1929, pp. 857–9 This is a record made of the exchanges between General de Wimpffen (the French army commander), General von Moltke (the German army commander) and Count von ...
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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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