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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... April l87l). His proclamation emphasizes his commitment to direct popular democracy and his hope that the Paris Commune would inspire the rest of France. ln fact, the need for an effective and centralized command structure led the ...
... April l87l). His proclamation emphasizes his commitment to direct popular democracy and his hope that the Paris Commune would inspire the rest of France. ln fact, the need for an effective and centralized command structure led the ...
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... April 1871 Source: Reimpression du Journal officiel de la Republique francaise sous la Commune, p. 286 The extent to which the Pans Commune was socialist has been a matter of controversy. ln the decree on abandoned workshops of l 6 Apnl ...
... April 1871 Source: Reimpression du Journal officiel de la Republique francaise sous la Commune, p. 286 The extent to which the Pans Commune was socialist has been a matter of controversy. ln the decree on abandoned workshops of l 6 Apnl ...
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Contents
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The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
Women and the family | 80 |
The First World War | 106 |
France after the First World War | 136 |
The Popular Front | 172 |
The fall of France June l940 2l l | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
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