The Decline of the Third Republic, 1914–1938 - Brossura

Bernard, Philippe; Dubief, Henri

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ISBN 10: 052135854X ISBN 13: 9780521358545

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Riassunto

This book, the fifth in the series 'The Cambridge History of Modern France', provides a detailed account of the Third Republic between the outbreak of the First World War and the fall of Blum's ministry soon after Hitler's invasion and annexation of Austria in 1938. Following the trauma of the War, France slipped first into an 'era of illusions' in which the pre-war world was to be reconstructed from the spoils of victory, later taking a more realistic stance in the comparative 'prosperity' of the 1920s. But France could not be entirely rid of the illusion of her power in the world, nor of the illusions of social and political harmony. Deep social and economic divisions began to separate different classes and ways of life, which were widened by the year of the slump. The triumph of Léon Blum and the Front Populaire in 1936, against a background of intellectual brilliance but profound economic and social problems, was short-lived because of its economic ineffectiveness and eventually gave way to Daladier's conservatively based ministry. By that time, however, Hitler's territorial advances in Europe began to unite political opinion against a common enemy who was soon to put France's political and economic 'stability' to the test.

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Recensione

' ... this book will be welcomed by all university teachers of modern French history. No other textbook covers the subject at this level of detail and sophistication ... clearly indispensable undergraduate reading.' History

Contenuti

Chronology; Part I. From Invasion to Victory: 1. The union sacrée; 2. The military stalemate; 3. The birth of the war economy, 1914–16; 4. The different forms of wartime government; 5. The civilians' war, 1914–16; 6. The 1917 crisis; 7. Dealing with the crisis, then victory; 8. The year 1919; Part II. After the War: 9. Monetary illusions: the fall of the franc: reparations and war debts; 10. The illusion of power; 11. The limits of prosperity; 12. Illusions of consensus; 13. France in 1929; Part III. The Slump: 14. The approach of the crisis; 15. The economic crisis; 16. The impact of the depression on society; 17. The colonies and the depression; 18. The political ferment; 19. The young intellectuals and the crisis of civilisation; 20. 6 February: day of crisis; Part IV. France in the Thirties: Change and Stability: 21. The population; 22. Aspects of rural life; 23. Urban society; 24. Some victims of traditional society; 25. Spiritual powers; 26. Leisure and culture; 27. The dazzling brilliance of the thirties; Part V. The Front Populaire: 28. The making of the Front Populaire; 29. The victory of the Front Populaire; 30. The Front Populaire in trouble; 31. The death agony of the Front Populaire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 052135854X
• ISBN 13: 9780521358545
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 380
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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