France Since the Second World WarThis new introductory guide provides a succinct history of postwar France. Professor Stovall covers political, social and economic developments from the immediate postwar years and France's economic recovery up to the Mitterand era; including the rise of the far Right. He also he looks at French international relations; the new relations with Europe in the post-Soviet era, French-US relations and the relationship with her empire including the wars in Indochina and Algeria. The study is supported by chronologies, biographies of the key players and a guide to further reading. *Up-to-date introduction to the major themes in post-war French history. *Selection of original documents supports main arguments. *Chronologies, biographies of the key players and a guide to further reading. |
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... Popular Front , which won the elections of 1936 and installed Léon Blum as the nation's first Socialist ( and Jewish ) prime minister . Begun with high hopes , the Blum government soon foundered on the reefs of continued . economic ...
... Popular Front , which won the elections of 1936 and installed Léon Blum as the nation's first Socialist ( and Jewish ) prime minister . Begun with high hopes , the Blum government soon foundered on the reefs of continued . economic ...
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... popular militancy during the rest of 1947. Dock- workers , railway workers and others went on strike , and a series of food riots spread throughout the country . On the Right , Gaullist forces mounted an offensive against the weakened ...
... popular militancy during the rest of 1947. Dock- workers , railway workers and others went on strike , and a series of food riots spread throughout the country . On the Right , Gaullist forces mounted an offensive against the weakened ...
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... popular headway . In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir pub- lished her landmark work The Second Sex , arguing that equality before the law would not by itself empower women , but that they needed economic and political strength as well . Yet ...
... popular headway . In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir pub- lished her landmark work The Second Sex , arguing that equality before the law would not by itself empower women , but that they needed economic and political strength as well . Yet ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
LIBERATION AND RENEWAL | 11 |
THE TRENTE GLORIEUSES | 27 |
Copyright | |
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