Jeremy D. Popkin

A History of Modern France (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a framework to understand modern French history through a survey of the dramatic events that have punctuated its history from the eighteenth century to the present day. It is the ideal introduction to the history of modern France for students of this fascinating country.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351366687
• Artikelnr.: 58660077

Autorenporträt

Jeremy D. Popkin is the William T. Bryan Chair of History at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky, USA). In addition to his new comprehensive history, A New World Begins: The Story of the French Revolution, he has published Revolutionary News: The Press in France, 1789-1799; You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery; and A Short History of the French Revolution.

Inhaltsangabe

1 "The Oldest Nation of Europe" 2 Eighteenth-Century French Society and
Economy 3 Culture and Thought in Eighteenth-Century France 4 Government
under Challenge 5 Collapse of the Old Monarchy 6 Successes and Failures of
the Liberal Revolution 7 The Radical Revolution 8 The Return to Order 9 The
Napoleonic Years 10 The Restoration 11 The July Monarchy and Its Critics 12
A New Social World 13 The Revolution of 1848: The Crisis of Bourgeois
Society 14 The Second Empire's Decade of Prosperity 15 The Second Empire in
Difficulties 16 The Paris Commune and the Origins of the Third Republic 17
The Republicans in Power 18 Economic Depression and Political Crises 19 The
Dreyfus Affair and the Bloc Républican 20 Culture and Society at the Fin De
Siècle 21 The Belle Époque 22 The Plunge into War 23 Crisis, Victory, and
Disillusionment 24 France between the Wars 25 The Illusion of Normality
26 From the Popular Front to the War 27 France in the Second World War 28
The Road to Liberation 29 The Revival of the Parliamentary Republic 30 From
the Fourth to the Fifth Republic 31 Politics and Economy in De Gaulle's
Republic 32 Society and Culture during the "Thirty Glorious Years" 33 May
1968 and the End of the Gaullist Era 34 The Mitterrand Years 35 France
Enters a New Millennium 36 A New Age of Instability Appendix: For Further
Reading