Extreme Right in France, 1789 to the Present
Subtitle: From de Maistre to Le Pen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780203495247
Subjects: History; Right-wing extremists; Conservatism; Right and left (Political science); France
Description: The Extreme Right in France, 1789 to the Present surveys the history of a fascinating but contentious political and intellectual tradition.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The extreme right in France: an enduring political tradition?; 1789 1830 the Counter-Revolution: providence and plotting; 1870 1918 anti-Third Republic protest: revanche and the new nationalism; 1919 39 inter-war fascism: the ligues and 6 February; 1940 4 Vichy: The National Revolution, collaboration and collaborationism; 1945 present day ultra-nationalism and neo-fascism: Algerie Francaise, Poujadism and the Front National; Evaluation; Notes; Bibliography.