France since 1870 : culture, politics and society /: culture, politics and society. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charles Sowerwine.
• Authors: Sowerwine, Charles, 1943-
• Contents: 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.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (568 pages)
• Subjects: 944.081; History; History -- Modern -- General; History: earliest times to present day; History, Modern; History -- Europe -- France; European history; France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940; France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940; France -- Social conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137406118
• Related ISBNs: 9781137406095
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