France in an era of global war, 1914-1945
Subtitle: occupation, politics, empire and entanglements
By: edited by Alison Carrol (Brunel University, UK), Ludivine Broch (European University Institute, Italy)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781137443489
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Social change; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; War and society; Imperialism; World politics; HISTORY / Europe / France; HISTORY / Military / World War I.; HISTORY / Military / World War II; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
Description: "In 1914, the French author Charles Peguy declared that the world had changed more in the past three decades than it had in two thousand years. Yet the following thirty years would prove more traumatic, more cataclysmic, more earth shattering than any other period in history. France found itself at the centre of many of these political, economic and social shifts which destroyed old institutions and introduced a new world order. What can new scholarship tell us about the French experiences between 1914-1945? What kind of repercussions did international events have on the national psyche? Was this period mostly one of radical change, or does it reflect continuities which extend back into the nineteenth century? In France in an Era of Global War, scholars re-examine French experiences, histories and memories of this period. Using new approaches and methods, they question the long-standing myths and assumptions which continue to surround this period and suggest new frameworks for thinking about French history during these years. Whilst historians of this period have come a long way in the past hundred years, this edited volume is a strong reminder that many stones remain unturned"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Ludivine Broch and Alison Carrol; title: PART I. EXPERIENCING OCCUPATION; title: 1. War Through the Eyes of the Child : Children Remember the German Occupation of Northern France, 1914-18 / Miranda Sachs; title: 2. Fresh Eyes, Dead Topic? Writing the History of the Occupation of Northern France in the First World War / James Connolly; title: 3. Martyred Towns of the Liberation : The Case of the Massacre d'Ascq / Ludivine Broch; title: PART II. THE RECONFIGURATION OF POLITICS OF LEFT AND RIGHT; title: 4. The Shooting at Chartres : A Case Study of French Political Violence / Chris Millington; title: 5. International Communism in Interwar France, 1919-1936 / Thomas Beaumont; title: 6. The Silent Minority : Working-class Conservatism in Interwar France / Joe Starkey; title: PART III. THE NEW POLITICS OF EMPIRE; title: 7. Auxiliary Troops, Global Recruitment : the Legion d'Orient and the Origins of the French Mandate in Syria, 1915-22 / Simon Jackson; title: 8. Entangled Enemies : Vichy, Italy and Collaboration / Karine Varley; title: PART IV. ENTANGLEMENTS WITH THE ANGLOPHONE WORLD; title: 9. Prehistory and Palaeontology in France, 1900-1940 / Chris Manias; title: 10. The French Maquis and the Allies during the Second World War / Raphaele Balu; title: 11. Not By Bread Alone? UNRRA and the Displaced Persons in Gutach / Laure Humbert; title: Conclusion / Robert Gildea.