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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... peace treaty. These circumstances profoundly influenced nearly all aspects of French life, particularly during the first decades of the Third Republic. During the 1860s the diplomatic situation in Europe was transformed by the rise of ...
... peace treaty. These circumstances profoundly influenced nearly all aspects of French life, particularly during the first decades of the Third Republic. During the 1860s the diplomatic situation in Europe was transformed by the rise of ...
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... peace treaty which everyone wanted signed as soon as possible, they could result only in prolonging the war and in pushing France towards more obstinate resistance. He requested that the French army should be allowed to leave Sedan with ...
... peace treaty which everyone wanted signed as soon as possible, they could result only in prolonging the war and in pushing France towards more obstinate resistance. He requested that the French army should be allowed to leave Sedan with ...
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... peaceful and cordial relations between the two countries, Wimpffen was on firmer ground. However, as this text illustrates, Bismarck regarded France as an inherently aggressive power from which Germany would need protection in the ...
... peaceful and cordial relations between the two countries, Wimpffen was on firmer ground. However, as this text illustrates, Bismarck regarded France as an inherently aggressive power from which Germany would need protection in the ...
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... peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses in return for an armistice and the surrender of the provinces of Alsace and German Lorraine in return for peace ...
... peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses in return for an armistice and the surrender of the provinces of Alsace and German Lorraine in return for peace ...
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... Peace. Terms. I trembled to broach the question of the conditions of peace; however, it must be done. 'Let us come now to the great question,' said I to the Count [Bismarck]. 'I have already told you my mind on the matter,' he replied ...
... Peace. Terms. I trembled to broach the question of the conditions of peace; however, it must be done. 'Let us come now to the great question,' said I to the Count [Bismarck]. 'I have already told you my mind on the matter,' he replied ...
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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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2017 |
The Third Republic in France 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2002 |
The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2000 |
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