The Third Republic from its origins to the Great War, 1871-1914
By: Jean-Marie Mayeur and Madeleine Rebérioux ; translated by J.R. Foster.
Contributors: Mayeur, Jean Marie.; Rebérioux, Madeleine.
Series: The Cambridge history of modern France ;; 4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Maison des sciences de l'homme
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York; Paris
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940
Description: "This book provides a detailed account of French history from the origins of the Third Republic, born out of the collapse of Napoleon III's Second Empire, to the coming of the Great WAr in 1914. Part 1 begins with the fall of the "notables" and the victory of the republicans. Then follows a picture of the economy and society of late nineteenth-century France, and an examination of spiritual and cultural development under the increasing threat from nationalist and socialist forces. The moderates' brief ascendancy at the end of the century followed by the extreme sentiments unleashed at the time of the Dreyfus affair, brings the story in Part 2 to a more passionately political period, when the republic finally became established as a bulwark of bourgeois prosperity, witnessing the rise of the banks and big business, and the dangerous revival of colonial expansion."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Les débuts de la Troisième République, 1871-1898 / Jean-Marie Mayeur and La République radicale? 1898-1914 / Madeleine Rebérioux.
Table of contents: title: The origins of the Third Republic, 1871-1898 / Jean-Marie Mayeur; title: A radical Republic? 1898-1914 / Madeleine Rebérioux.