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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... became Minister of the Interior, butmoderate republicans predominated–Jules Favre (Foreign Affairs), Adolphe Crémieux (Justice), Ernest Picard (Finance) and Jules Simon (Education and Religion) – and another moderate republican, Etienne ...
... became Minister of the Interior, butmoderate republicans predominated–Jules Favre (Foreign Affairs), Adolphe Crémieux (Justice), Ernest Picard (Finance) and Jules Simon (Education and Religion) – and another moderate republican, Etienne ...
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... became the conventional wisdom, namely that, in surrendering Metz, Bazaine had betrayed France and was therefore a traitor. A military tribunal confirmed this view in 1873 by finding Bazaine guilty of treason and by sentencing him to ...
... became the conventional wisdom, namely that, in surrendering Metz, Bazaine had betrayed France and was therefore a traitor. A military tribunal confirmed this view in 1873 by finding Bazaine guilty of treason and by sentencing him to ...
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... became a legend of the Left. Her description of the proclamation of the Commune captures the ceremony's popular militarism, republican symbolism, enormous enthusiasm and impending doom. Document. 1.9. The. Paris. Commune. and. Popular.
... became a legend of the Left. Her description of the proclamation of the Commune captures the ceremony's popular militarism, republican symbolism, enormous enthusiasm and impending doom. Document. 1.9. The. Paris. Commune. and. Popular.
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... became a colonel in the Paris National Guard and an advocate of vigorous and radical measures. He participated in the occupation of the Paris Hôtel de Ville on 31 October and in the anti-government demonstration of 22 January 1871. The ...
... became a colonel in the Paris National Guard and an advocate of vigorous and radical measures. He participated in the occupation of the Paris Hôtel de Ville on 31 October and in the anti-government demonstration of 22 January 1871. The ...
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... became a prominent dissident painter through the subject-matter of some of his most important paintings and through his rejection of the official art establishment of the Second Empire. Therefore, when an art commission was formed after ...
... became a prominent dissident painter through the subject-matter of some of his most important paintings and through his rejection of the official art establishment of the Second Empire. Therefore, when an art commission was formed after ...
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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