Charles Sowerwine

France since 1870

Culture, Society and the Making of the Republic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Widely praised when it was first published, this new edition has been brought up to the present with new final chapters, and thoroughly revised to take into account the latest research. It now includes maps and more coverage of key topics such as: racial strife, colonial difficulties, the Vichy regime, and the nature of the French extreme right.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm
• Gewicht: 842g
• ISBN-13: 9780230573390
• ISBN-10: 0230573398
• Artikelnr.: 23816986

Autorenporträt

Charles Sowerwine, Professor of History, University of Melbourne, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps .- Preface .- Acknoweldgements .- Abbreviations .- French Regimes since 1789 .- Maps .- PART I: THE BIRTH OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC, 1870-1885 .- France in 1870 .- The Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, 1870-71 .- The Triumph of the Republicans, 1871-85 .- The Cultural Bases of Republicanism .- PART II: TESTING TIME FOR THE REPUBLIC, 1885-1918 .- Challenges to the Republic (1): Constructing the Modern Right .- Challenges to the Republic (2): Constructing the Modern Left .- The Cultural Revolution of the Belle Epoque .- The Great War 1914-18 .- PART III: THE DECLINE OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC, 1919-40 .- France after the War 1919-28 .- France in the Depression 1929-35 .- The Popular Front 1936-7 .- Culture Between the Wars .- The Fall of France 1938-1940 .- PART IV: THE VICHY INTERLUDE AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1940-6 .- Vichy in Power, 1940-2 .- Resistance and Liberation, 1942-4 .- Liberated France 1944-6 .- Existentialism: Culture of the Resistance? .- PART V: THE FOURTH REPUBLIC, 1946-58 .- Vietnam War, Cold War, 1946-54 .- The 1950s Of Coke and Culture .- The Algerian War Erupts, 1954-7 .- The Fall of the Fourth Republic,1958 .- PART VI: THE GAULLIST REPUBLIC, 1958-81 .- De Gaulle in Power, 1958-68 .- Cultural Explosion: New Theory, New Cinema, New Novel .- Social Explosion: May '68 .- The Gaullist Republic Under Pompidou and Giscard, 1969-81 .- PART VII: THE GAULLIST REPUBLIC AFTER DE GAULLE, 1981-95 .- 'Socialist France'? 1981-8 .- Mitterrand in Decline, 1988-95 .- From Juppe to Jospin, 1995-2002 .- Toward Sarkozy's Republic, 2002-7 .- Conclusion: The End of 'the French Exception'? .- Notes .- Suggestions for Further Reading .- Index.

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List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations French Regimes European Union Member States by Date of Accession Eurozone Member States by Date of Accession PART I: THE RISE OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC, 1870
85 1. France in the Nineteenth Century 2. The Franco
Prussian War and the Paris Commune, 1870
71 3. The Triumph of the Republicans, 1871
85 4. The Cultural Bases of Republicanism PART II: TESTING TIME FOR THE REPUBLIC, 1885
1918 5. Challenges to the Republic (1): Constructing the Modern Right 6. Challenges to the Republic (2): Constructing the Modern Left 7. The Cultural Revolution of the Belle Époque 8. The Great War 1914
18 PART III: THE DECLINE OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC, 1919
40 9. France after the War 1919
28 10. France in the Depression 1929
35 11. The Popular Front 1936
37 12. Culture Between the Wars 13. The Fall of France 1938
40 PART IV: VICHY AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1940
6 14. Vichy in Power, 1940
42 15. Resistance and Liberation, 1942
44 16. Liberated France 1944
46 17. Existentialism: Culture of the Resistance? PART V: THE FOURTH REPUBLIC, 1946
58 18. Vietnam War, Cold War, 1946
54 19. The 1950s: Coke, Culture and the French Economic Miracle 20. The Algerian War Erupts, 1954
7 21. The Fall of the Fourth Republic,1958 PART VI: THE FIFTH REPUBLIC I, 1958
69 22. De Gaulle's Presidency, 1958
68: Algeria vs 'Grandeur' 23. Cultural Explosion: New Theory, New Cinema, New Novel 24. Social Explosion: May '68 PART VII: THE FIFTH REPUBLIC II, 1969
95 25. Pompidou and Giscard's Presidencies, 1969
81: May's Aftershocks and the End of the Trente Glorieuses 26. Mitterrand's Presidency, 1981
88: 'Socialist France'? 27. Mitterrand's Presidency, 1988
95: Stalemate 28. Culture after '68: Conflicting Trends PART VIII: THE FIFTH REPUBLIC III, 1995
2017 29. Chirac's Presidency, 1995
2002: From Juppé to Jospin 30. Chirac's Presidency, 2002
7: Sarkozy Rising 31. Sarkozy's Presidency, 2007
12: Neo
Liberalism and GFC 32. Hollande's Presidency, 2012
17: Socialism or Neo
Liberalism? 33. Racism, Pessimism, Despair: A Culture for the 21st Century Conclusion Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index.