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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... republicans considered that Napoleon III had betrayed the cause of the Risorgimento by not fighting on until Venetia had been liberated from Austrian rule and by maintaining a French garrison in Rome to defend what remained of the Papal ...
... republicans considered that Napoleon III had betrayed the cause of the Risorgimento by not fighting on until Venetia had been liberated from Austrian rule and by maintaining a French garrison in Rome to defend what remained of the Papal ...
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... republican deputies headed by Jules Favre and Jules Simon led the crowd to the Hôtel de Ville (the Paris town hall), where in the afternoon of Sunday, 4 Septemberthe Third Republic was proclaimed. At the same time, a crowd invaded the ...
... republican deputies headed by Jules Favre and Jules Simon led the crowd to the Hôtel de Ville (the Paris town hall), where in the afternoon of Sunday, 4 Septemberthe Third Republic was proclaimed. At the same time, a crowd invaded the ...
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... republicans sat in the Legislative Body, representing Paris and other large cities. This group of republican deputies, particularly those representing Paris, seized the initiative in proclaiming the Third Republic. The republican ...
... republicans sat in the Legislative Body, representing Paris and other large cities. This group of republican deputies, particularly those representing Paris, seized the initiative in proclaiming the Third Republic. The republican ...
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... republican; and the peaceterms accepted by France in the Treaty of Frankfurt (10 May 1871) were probably worse than those which could have been achieved in September 1870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest ...
... republican; and the peaceterms accepted by France in the Treaty of Frankfurt (10 May 1871) were probably worse than those which could have been achieved in September 1870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest ...
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... republicans who were unenthusiastic about continuing the war and who wanted to avoid a social revolution. In opposition, during the siege of Paris a radical popular movement developed demanding a vigorous prosecution of the war ...
... republicans who were unenthusiastic about continuing the war and who wanted to avoid a social revolution. In opposition, during the siege of Paris a radical popular movement developed demanding a vigorous prosecution of the war ...
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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