Beschreibung:
An accessible, up-to-date introductory text for non-historians studying French at undergraduate level, providing an overview of the major political and social change in France since 1815 so that students can gain the historical context necessary to understand contemporary France.
List of figures. List of maps. Preface. Abbreviations. 1. The French Revolution: history, memory, politics 2.The Bourbon Restoration, 1814-30 3.The July Monarchy, 1830-48 4. The Second Republic, 1848-52 and the Second Empire, 1852-70 5. The Third Republic, 1870-1914 6. France, 1914-31 7. France, 1931-39 8. Occupied France, 1940-44 9. The French Republic, 1944-58 10. The Gaullist Revolution, 1958-69 11. After de Gaulle: Pomidou, 1969-74 and Giscard, 1974-81 12. 1981-2003- From la grande alternance to normalisation 13. France after 2003 Further Reading Index