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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... revolutionary calendar of 1793], the people of Paris inaugurated the entry into the Hôtel de Ville of their Commune ... revolution. The bayonets were dipped in front of the red flags, which draped the statue of the Republic. Above the ...
... revolutionary calendar of 1793], the people of Paris inaugurated the entry into the Hôtel de Ville of their Commune ... revolution. The bayonets were dipped in front of the red flags, which draped the statue of the Republic. Above the ...
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... revolutionary tradition, which had resurfaced in 1830 and 1848. The military suppression of a workers' rising in Paris in ... revolution. In opposition, during the siege of Paris a radical popular movement developed demanding a vigorous ...
... revolutionary tradition, which had resurfaced in 1830 and 1848. The military suppression of a workers' rising in Paris in ... revolution. In opposition, during the siege of Paris a radical popular movement developed demanding a vigorous ...
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... revolution been achieved in a situation comparable to ours. Paris has become a free city. The centralization of power no longer exists. The monarchy died through this admission of impotence. In this free city, everyone has the right to ...
... revolution been achieved in a situation comparable to ours. Paris has become a free city. The centralization of power no longer exists. The monarchy died through this admission of impotence. In this free city, everyone has the right to ...
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... revolutionary cause. The French Revolution of 1848 witnessed a revival of 'republican' art and an attempt to democratize the French art world, with the establishment of a General Assembly of Artists which attempted to take control of ...
... revolutionary cause. The French Revolution of 1848 witnessed a revival of 'republican' art and an attempt to democratize the French art world, with the establishment of a General Assembly of Artists which attempted to take control of ...
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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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