Crisis and renewal in France, 1918-1962 / edited by Kenneth Moure and Martin S. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mouré, Kenneth, editor.

Alexander, Martin S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Politics and government--20th century.

France.

France--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1914, the French state has faced a succession of daunting and at times almost insurmountable crises. The turbulent decades from 1914 to 1969 witnessed near-defeat in 1914, economic and political crisis in 1926, radical political polarization in the 1930s, military conquest in 1940, the deep division of France during the Nazi Occupation, political reconstruction after 1944, de-colonization (with threatening civil war provoked by the Algerian crisis), and dramatic postwar modernization. However, this tumultuous period was not marked just by crises but also by tremendous change. Economic,

Contents:

Crisis and Renewal in France, 1918-1962; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571811462

157181146X

9781782381648

1782381643