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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... Paris Commune of 1871 • Franco-German relations • the character of the Third Republic and the nature of French Republicanism and Socialism • Church-state relations • anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair • the role of women and the ...
... Paris Commune of 1871 • Franco-German relations • the character of the Third Republic and the nature of French Republicanism and Socialism • Church-state relations • anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair • the role of women and the ...
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... 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 who had been elected were ready for death. The afternoon of 28 March, in ...
... 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 who had been elected were ready for death. The afternoon of 28 March, in ...
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... Paris was there, with the cannon thundering at intervals. The members of the central committee [of the Paris National Guard] were on a dais, with the members of the Council of the Commune, each wearing a red sash, in front of them ...
... Paris was there, with the cannon thundering at intervals. The members of the central committee [of the Paris National Guard] were on a dais, with the members of the Council of the Commune, each wearing a red sash, in front of them ...
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... Paris and a few other cities. Consequently, a National Assembly with a large conservative majority and a new ... Commune in Paris. The central committee of the National Guard formally handed over its powers to the elected members of this ...
... Paris and a few other cities. Consequently, a National Assembly with a large conservative majority and a new ... Commune in Paris. The central committee of the National Guard formally handed over its powers to the elected members of this ...
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... Paris demands: 1 The election of the mayor of Paris; 2 The election of mayors, assistant mayors and municipal ... Commune, pp. 14-15 Emile Duval, the proclamation's author, is a representative figure of the Paris radical left at this ...
... Paris demands: 1 The election of the mayor of Paris; 2 The election of mayors, assistant mayors and municipal ... Commune, pp. 14-15 Emile Duval, the proclamation's author, is a representative figure of the Paris radical left at this ...
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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