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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... treaty. These circumstances profoundly influenced nearly all aspects of French life, particularly during the first decades of the Third Republic. During the l 860s the diplomatic situation in Europe was transformed by the rise of ...
... treaty. These circumstances profoundly influenced nearly all aspects of French life, particularly during the first decades of the Third Republic. During the l 860s the diplomatic situation in Europe was transformed by the rise of ...
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... treaty which everyone wanted signed as soon as possible, they could result only in prolonging the war and in pushing France towards more obstinate resistance. He requested that the French army should be allowed to leave Sedan with its ...
... treaty which everyone wanted signed as soon as possible, they could result only in prolonging the war and in pushing France towards more obstinate resistance. He requested that the French army should be allowed to leave Sedan with its ...
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... treaty, only to discover the material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting - the surrender of several fortresses in return for an armistice and the surrender of the provinces of Alsace and German Lorraine in return for peace ...
... treaty, only to discover the material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting - the surrender of several fortresses in return for an armistice and the surrender of the provinces of Alsace and German Lorraine in return for peace ...
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... Treaty of Frankfurt ( l 0 May l 87 l ) were probably worse than those which could have been achieved in September l 870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest - he resigned from the Government of National ...
... Treaty of Frankfurt ( l 0 May l 87 l ) were probably worse than those which could have been achieved in September l 870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest - he resigned from the Government of National ...
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... Treaty of Frankfurt, were finally signed on l 0 May l 87 l . As early as l 873 the indemnity had been paid off, resulting in the withdrawal of the last German troops from French terrritory, but the loss of Alsace and much of Lorraine ...
... Treaty of Frankfurt, were finally signed on l 0 May l 87 l . As early as l 873 the indemnity had been paid off, resulting in the withdrawal of the last German troops from French terrritory, but the loss of Alsace and much of Lorraine ...
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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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2017 |
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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2000 |
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