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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... reform . It symbolised the hope that the wartime spirit of Resistance unity could survive the division of the ... reforms . Given that the Tripartite parties devoted most of 1946 to figuring out a permanent system of government ...
... reform . It symbolised the hope that the wartime spirit of Resistance unity could survive the division of the ... reforms . Given that the Tripartite parties devoted most of 1946 to figuring out a permanent system of government ...
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... reforms were important , but they remained just that , reforms . France continued to control the destiny of its overseas possessions , and racial hierarchies continued to place whites in a superior political and economic position to non ...
... reforms were important , but they remained just that , reforms . France continued to control the destiny of its overseas possessions , and racial hierarchies continued to place whites in a superior political and economic position to non ...
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... Reform Acts : Politics and Society 1815-1832 Eric J Evans Parliamentary Reform in Britain c . 1770-1918 Eric J Evans Democracy and Reform 1815-1885 DG Wright 0 582 00265 6 0 582 29467 3 0 582 31400 3 Poverty and Poor Law Reform in ...
... Reform Acts : Politics and Society 1815-1832 Eric J Evans Parliamentary Reform in Britain c . 1770-1918 Eric J Evans Democracy and Reform 1815-1885 DG Wright 0 582 00265 6 0 582 29467 3 0 582 31400 3 Poverty and Poor Law Reform in ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
LIBERATION AND RENEWAL | 11 |
THE TRENTE GLORIEUSES | 27 |
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