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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... reached Paris during the night of 3–4 September 1870. Large crowds began to gather, particularly around the Palais Bourbon where the Legislative Body met. During the morning of 4 September Adolphe Thiers, an opposition Paris deputy, ...
... reached Paris during the night of 3–4 September 1870. Large crowds began to gather, particularly around the Palais Bourbon where the Legislative Body met. During the morning of 4 September Adolphe Thiers, an opposition Paris deputy, ...
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Source: Memoirs of M. Thiers, 1870–1873. London: Allen & Unwin. 1915, pp. 106–7 Adolphe Thiers, whose long political career had begun in the 1820s and who, as an opposition Paris deputy, had played a role in the formation of the ...
Source: Memoirs of M. Thiers, 1870–1873. London: Allen & Unwin. 1915, pp. 106–7 Adolphe Thiers, whose long political career had begun in the 1820s and who, as an opposition Paris deputy, had played a role in the formation of the ...
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On 17 February the National Assembly, meeting at Bordeaux, chose Thiers as head of the executive. Having formed his government, Thiers met Bismarck on 21 February to discuss the peace terms. In the exchanges recorded by Thiers, ...
On 17 February the National Assembly, meeting at Bordeaux, chose Thiers as head of the executive. Having formed his government, Thiers met Bismarck on 21 February to discuss the peace terms. In the exchanges recorded by Thiers, ...
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Consequently, a National Assembly with a large conservative majority and a new government headed by Thiers faced a militantly radicalized Paris with a greatly expanded and radicalized National Guard that had not been disarmed.
Consequently, a National Assembly with a large conservative majority and a new government headed by Thiers faced a militantly radicalized Paris with a greatly expanded and radicalized National Guard that had not been disarmed.
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... art collection of Thiers, whose Paris house the Commune demolished. Nevertheless, Courbet was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and, denied state patronage, he lived the rest of his life in impoverished exile in Switzerland.
... art collection of Thiers, whose Paris house the Commune demolished. Nevertheless, Courbet was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and, denied state patronage, he lived the rest of his life in impoverished exile in Switzerland.
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Contents
| 1 | |
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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| Title | The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities |
| Author | William Fortescue |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2017 |
| ISBN | 1351540017, 9781351540018 |
| Length | 272 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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