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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... Versailles between 1 and 4 November 1870. Bismarck repeated his demands and insisted that, if Paris were to be resupplied during an armistice (as the French requested), one of the forts defending Paris would have to be surrendered. This ...
... Versailles between 1 and 4 November 1870. Bismarck repeated his demands and insisted that, if Paris were to be resupplied during an armistice (as the French requested), one of the forts defending Paris would have to be surrendered. This ...
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... Versailles, alienated the radical popular movement of Paris, the final straw being an attempt to remove cannon parked in the working-class strongholds of Belleville and Montmartre on 18 March. This provoked spontaneous popularresistance ...
... Versailles, alienated the radical popular movement of Paris, the final straw being an attempt to remove cannon parked in the working-class strongholds of Belleville and Montmartre on 18 March. This provoked spontaneous popularresistance ...
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... Versailles, he was captured while leading a sortie and executed (4 April 1871). His proclamation emphasizes his commitment to direct popular democracy and his hope that the Paris Commune would inspire the rest of France. In fact, the ...
... Versailles, he was captured while leading a sortie and executed (4 April 1871). His proclamation emphasizes his commitment to direct popular democracy and his hope that the Paris Commune would inspire the rest of France. In fact, the ...
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... Versailles government had to rely on troops who had been defeated and disorganized, and who suffered from low morale and uncertain political loyalties; other communes might have gained control of major provincial cities; and the Germans ...
... Versailles government had to rely on troops who had been defeated and disorganized, and who suffered from low morale and uncertain political loyalties; other communes might have gained control of major provincial cities; and the Germans ...
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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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