num_pages: 712
description: A carefully researched narrative portrait of modern France documents the impact of historical events from the past century while analyzing such factors as the country's politics, its workplaces, and the roles of women. By the author of In Search of the Maquis.
language: English
title: France and the French: A Modern History
titlecomplete: France and the French: A Modern History
characters: Jacques Chirac, Georges Clemenceau, Jean Jaurès, Raymond Barre, François Mitterrand, Édouard Balladur, Charles Maurras, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Georges Pompidou, Philippe Pétain, Aristide Briand, Lionel Jospin, Charles de Gaulle, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Édouard Daladier, Léon Blum, Raymond Poincaré
genres: History, European History, Nonfiction, France
ratings_count: 74
series: New Penguin History of France
publisher: Abrams Press