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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... Empire had been losing popularity, particularly among the French urban working class. ln response, a series of liberal reforms had been introduced, but these had done more to help the opposition than to win popular support for the ...
... Empire had been losing popularity, particularly among the French urban working class. ln response, a series of liberal reforms had been introduced, but these had done more to help the opposition than to win popular support for the ...
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... Empire. However, Napoleon lll surrendered on behalf of himself and his army, not of France, so the Franco-Prussian War continued. Document 1.3 The Proclamation of the Third Republic (4 September 1870) Leaving the Chamber [the ...
... Empire. However, Napoleon lll surrendered on behalf of himself and his army, not of France, so the Franco-Prussian War continued. Document 1.3 The Proclamation of the Third Republic (4 September 1870) Leaving the Chamber [the ...
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... Empire among most Parisians, which the results of the general parliamentary election of May l 869 had already demonstrated. This hostile attitude to the Empire was shared by most members of the Paris National Guard, a part-time civilian ...
... Empire among most Parisians, which the results of the general parliamentary election of May l 869 had already demonstrated. This hostile attitude to the Empire was shared by most members of the Paris National Guard, a part-time civilian ...
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... Empire and the proclamation of the Third Republic further demoralized Bazaine, who considered that he owed his allegiance to Napoleon lll. ln these circumstances, on 7 October Bazaine ordered his corps commanders and commanders of ...
... Empire and the proclamation of the Third Republic further demoralized Bazaine, who considered that he owed his allegiance to Napoleon lll. ln these circumstances, on 7 October Bazaine ordered his corps commanders and commanders of ...
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... Empire formed by Bismarck in l 87 l . Document 1.8 The Proclamation of the Paris Commune (28 March 1871) The proclamation of the Commune was splendid; it was not the celebration of power but the pomp of sacrifice: one felt that those ...
... Empire formed by Bismarck in l 87 l . Document 1.8 The Proclamation of the Paris Commune (28 March 1871) The proclamation of the Commune was splendid; it was not the celebration of power but the pomp of sacrifice: one felt that those ...
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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