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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... French capital. Meanwhile, on 18 September Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe ... army, which had become tainted by its record of incompetence and defeat and ... French army has had to suffer. The serious military and political events ...
... French capital. Meanwhile, on 18 September Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe ... army, which had become tainted by its record of incompetence and defeat and ... French army has had to suffer. The serious military and political events ...
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... armies raised by the Government of National Defence were defeated, destroyed and immobilized; Paris was not relieved and eventually capitulated on 28 January 1871; the mood of provincial France became overwhelmingly anti-war and anti ...
... armies raised by the Government of National Defence were defeated, destroyed and immobilized; Paris was not relieved and eventually capitulated on 28 January 1871; the mood of provincial France became overwhelmingly anti-war and anti ...
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... troops from French terrritory, but the loss of Alsace and much of Lorraine prevented any permanent reconciliation between France and the German Empire formed by Bismarck in 1871. Document. 1.8. The. Proclamation. of. the. Paris. Commune. ( ...
... troops from French terrritory, but the loss of Alsace and much of Lorraine prevented any permanent reconciliation between France and the German Empire formed by Bismarck in 1871. Document. 1.8. The. Proclamation. of. the. Paris. Commune. ( ...
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... army was greatly applauded throughout our quarter; cigars, wine and money were distributed to the soldiers; and oranges and flowers thrown out of the windows. It was a horrible sight to see men and horses lying dead in almost every ...
... army was greatly applauded throughout our quarter; cigars, wine and money were distributed to the soldiers; and oranges and flowers thrown out of the windows. It was a horrible sight to see men and horses lying dead in almost every ...
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Contents
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2 The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
3 The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
4 Women and the family | 80 |
5 The First World War | 106 |
6 France after the First World War | 136 |
7 The Popular Front | 172 |
8 The fall of France June 1940 | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
Index | 253 |
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