Vichy, resistance, liberation : new perspectives on wartime France / edited by Hanna Diamond and Simon Kitson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diamond, Hanna, 1962-

Kitson, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--France.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--France.

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

France.

France--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together key international scholars, Vichy, Resistance, Liberation: New Perspectives on Wartime France offers original insight into this critical period of modern France. It shifts the focus away from straightforward political history to reflect the current interest in socio-cultural aspects of the Second World War and breaks down traditional chronological barriers.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 One Historian and his Occupation: Rod Kedward; 2 H.R. Kedward: an Oral Profile; 3 Pacifists into Resisters?; 4 'Quite simply, Colonel ...'; 5 Conflicting Identities in a Mining Community on Strike 1930-50; 6 Talk which was not Idle: Rumours in Wartime France; 7 Grammatical Notes; 8 'Fraternity among listeners'; 9 'Meeting Private Ryan'; 10 Film and Cultural Demobilization after the Great War; 11 'Like a wisp of straw amidst the raging elements?'; 12 'Mal embarqué bien arrivé'; 13 Homecomings

14 Demography at Liberation: Using History to Forget the PastRod Kedward and his bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59649-7

9786612596490

1-84520-714-9

OCLC:

476022251