France in the era of fascism : essays on the French authoritarian right / edited by Brian Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jenkins, Brian, 1944- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism--France--History--20th century.

Fascism.

Right-wing extremists--France--History--20th century.

Right-wing extremists.

France--Politics and government--1914-1940.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

France's response to the rise of European fascism during the 1930s, and subsequently to the Nazi occupation 1940-44, has been a difficult subject for the nation’s historians. The consensus amongst leading French authorities on the period has been the claim that France was largely 'immune' to fascism in the 1930s, and that the Vichy regime was an aberration produced by defeat and occupation. Over the last 30 years, this position has gradually been undermined, mainly through the work of foreign scholars, but it nonetheless remains intact. This volume brings together for the first time the leading critics of the standard French interpretation, who have used these essays to refine and update their positions, or to move the debate onto new terrain.

Contents:

France in the Era of Fascism; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Contextualising the Immunity Thesis; 2. Morphology of Fascism in France; 3. Fascism in France: Problematising the Immunity Thesis; 4. The Five Stages of Fascism; 5. February 1934 and the Discovery of French Society's Allergy to the 'Fascist Revolution'; 6. The Construction of Crisis in Interwar France; 7. Conclusion: Beyond the 'Fascism Debate'; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-226) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571815378

1571815376

9781782389569

1782389563