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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... September was achieved with virtually no violence to life or property. After the demise of the Second Republic (1848–52), republicanism had gradually re-emerged in France from the late 1850s, and by 1870 approximately thirty republicans ...
... September was achieved with virtually no violence to life or property. After the demise of the Second Republic (1848–52), republicanism had gradually re-emerged in France from the late 1850s, and by 1870 approximately thirty republicans ...
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... September Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe hope of securing at least an armistice, if nota peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses in return for an ...
... September Jules Favre had met Bismarckinthe hope of securing at least an armistice, if nota peace treaty, only to discoverthe material guarantees on which Bismarck was now insisting – the surrender of several fortresses in return for an ...
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... September) came as another blow. Cut off from orders and supplies, the Army of the Rhine was soon reduced to eating their own horses. The overthrow of the Empire and the proclamation of the Third Republic further demoralized Bazaine ...
... September) came as another blow. Cut off from orders and supplies, the Army of the Rhine was soon reduced to eating their own horses. The overthrow of the Empire and the proclamation of the Third Republic further demoralized Bazaine ...
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... September 1870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest–he resigned from the Government of National Defence on 6 February 1871 in protest at the armistice terms. Document. 1.7. The. Peace. Terms. I trembled to broach ...
... September 1870. Gambetta may have been wrong, but he was consistent and honest–he resigned from the Government of National Defence on 6 February 1871 in protest at the armistice terms. Document. 1.7. The. Peace. Terms. I trembled to broach ...
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... September, was invited by Jules Favre to serve as the government's envoy to London on 9 September. Convinced that the Franco-Prussian War should be ended as soon as possible to avoid further useless suffering and the possibility of ...
... September, was invited by Jules Favre to serve as the government's envoy to London on 9 September. Convinced that the Franco-Prussian War should be ended as soon as possible to avoid further useless suffering and the possibility of ...
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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