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France, 1814-1940 / Edition 6

France, 1814-1940 / Edition 6

by J.P.T. Bury
France, 1814-1940 / Edition 6
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ISBN-10:
0415316006
ISBN-13:
9780415316002
Pub. Date:
05/01/2003
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0415316006
ISBN-13:
9780415316002
Pub. Date:
05/01/2003
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
France, 1814-1940 / Edition 6

France, 1814-1940 / Edition 6

by J.P.T. Bury

Overview

This celebrated classic now includes a new introduction by Robert Tombs.

The history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century France has often seemed complex and confusing. France, 1814-1940 has a long-established reputation as a clear, accessible and authoritative account of this fascinating period.

It describes the characteristics of France's different regimes and their leading personalities and explains why during these years the people of France had to endure so many revolutions, wars and crises. The book introduces social and economic change as well as cultural developments and French overseas expansion.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415316002
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/01/2003
Edition description: REV
Pages: 358
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

J.P.T. Bury was a life fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Robert Tombs is Reader in History at St. John's College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Foreword, Maps, General bibliography, 1 The First Restoration and the Hundred Days, 2 France in 1815, 3 The Second Restoration, 4 The reign of Charles X, 5 The July Monarchy, 6 The Second Republic, 7 The Second Empire, 8 The Franco-Prussian war and the Commune, 9 The establishment of the Third Republic, 10 The Republic of the Republicans, 11 The years of crisis and scandal, 12 The Republic of the Radicals, 13 France in 1914, 14 The Great War of 1914–18, 15 From victory to the economic slump of 1929, 16 Catastrophe, Appendices, Index
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