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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... relatively slow to develop in the French colonies of sub - Saharan Africa , although French rule there was every bit as brutal and exploitative as elsewhere in the empire . This changed with the impact of the Second World War , so that ...
... relatively slow to develop in the French colonies of sub - Saharan Africa , although French rule there was every bit as brutal and exploitative as elsewhere in the empire . This changed with the impact of the Second World War , so that ...
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... relatively well paid and had secure jobs , yet resented the pressures to increase production rates and the absence of any workplace democracy or sense of control over one's labour . Often the strikers occupied their factories ...
... relatively well paid and had secure jobs , yet resented the pressures to increase production rates and the absence of any workplace democracy or sense of control over one's labour . Often the strikers occupied their factories ...
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... relatively less power in world affairs than it had in the late 1800s . During most of the postwar era France belonged to an international coalition dominated by a much larger and stronger nation , the United States . France's ability to ...
... relatively less power in world affairs than it had in the late 1800s . During most of the postwar era France belonged to an international coalition dominated by a much larger and stronger nation , the United States . France's ability to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
LIBERATION AND RENEWAL | 11 |
THE TRENTE GLORIEUSES | 27 |
Copyright | |
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