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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... January l868 introduced a five-year term of military service, followed by a further five years in the reserve; plans were drawn up for a new militia (garde mobile), but were not implemented outside the Paris region for political and ...
... January l868 introduced a five-year term of military service, followed by a further five years in the reserve; plans were drawn up for a new militia (garde mobile), but were not implemented outside the Paris region for political and ...
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... January l 87 l ; the mood of provincial France became overwhelmingly anti-war and anti-republican; and the peace terms accepted by France in the Treaty of Frankfurt ( l 0 May l 87 l ) were probably worse than those which could have been ...
... January l 87 l ; the mood of provincial France became overwhelmingly anti-war and anti-republican; and the peace terms accepted by France in the Treaty of Frankfurt ( l 0 May l 87 l ) were probably worse than those which could have been ...
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... January and the failure of a final sortie on l 9 January all finally convinced the Government of National Defence that they had to accept an armistice on Bismarck's terms. The armistice, signed on 28 January, provided for national ...
... January and the failure of a final sortie on l 9 January all finally convinced the Government of National Defence that they had to accept an armistice on Bismarck's terms. The armistice, signed on 28 January, provided for national ...
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... January, refusing to introduce radical measures (even the introduction of bread-rationing was delayed until l 8 January), and agreeing to an armistice on 28 January. One of the conditions of the armistice was the holding of elections ...
... January, refusing to introduce radical measures (even the introduction of bread-rationing was delayed until l 8 January), and agreeing to an armistice on 28 January. One of the conditions of the armistice was the holding of elections ...
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... January l87l. The central committee of the National Guard, of which he was a member, appointed him on l 8 March to take over the Prefecture of Police. He subsequently became one of the three main military commanders of the Commune and ...
... January l87l. The central committee of the National Guard, of which he was a member, appointed him on l 8 March to take over the Prefecture of Police. He subsequently became one of the three main military commanders of the Commune and ...
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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