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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... dismissthe existing government, form anew government commission, attempt to secure an armistice from the Germans, and convoke a new national parliament. However, a crowd invasion of the Palais Bourbon suspended parliamentary debates ...
... dismissthe existing government, form anew government commission, attempt to secure an armistice from the Germans, and convoke a new national parliament. However, a crowd invasion of the Palais Bourbon suspended parliamentary debates ...
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Meanwhile, on 18 September Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe hope of securing at least an armistice, if nota peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses ...
Meanwhile, on 18 September Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe hope of securing at least an armistice, if nota peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses ...
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... than those which could have been achieved in September 1870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest–he resigned from the Government of National Defence on 6 February 1871 in protest at the armistice terms.
... than those which could have been achieved in September 1870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest–he resigned from the Government of National Defence on 6 February 1871 in protest at the armistice terms.
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However, Favre had already discovered at his meeting with Bismarck at Ferrières on 18 September that the price of an armistice would be the cession of Alsace and German Lorraine, terms which Favre had indignantly rejected, ...
However, Favre had already discovered at his meeting with Bismarck at Ferrières on 18 September that the price of an armistice would be the cession of Alsace and German Lorraine, terms which Favre had indignantly rejected, ...
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One of the conditions of the armistice was the holding of elections for a National Assembly. The elections, which took place on 8 February, resulted in a massive right-wing victory, exceptin Paris and a few other cities.
One of the conditions of the armistice was the holding of elections for a National Assembly. The elections, which took place on 8 February, resulted in a massive right-wing victory, exceptin Paris and a few other cities.
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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