| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-413) and index. |
| Contents |
France in the 1930s -- 'La République des Députeés': politics in the 1930s -- The popular front: legend and legacy -- The road to Compiègne: diplomacy and war, 1936-1940 -- the occupation -- Resistance and liberation -- Retribution and the New Jerusalem: The CNR Charter -- The constitution of the Fourth republic -- The pattern of politics, 1946-1954 -- Economic growth and social change, 1947-1973 -- France overseas, 1944-1954 -- Janus and Cassandra: the Mends̀ France ministry and what followed, 1954-1955 -- Impasse, 1956-1958 -- 'La République des Dupes' -- 'La République des Citoyens' -- De Gaulle's foreign policy -- Challenge and response, 1968-1974 -- Reform and recession: the Biscardian Era, 1974-1981 -- Keynesianism in one country: the socialist experiement. |
| Summary |
A history of contemporary France that sets the changing fortunes of government and people in a broad, international context, comparing the country's economic performance and social record with those of her European neighbours. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subjects (Places) |
France -- Politics and government -- 1914-1940.
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France -- Politics and government -- 1940-1945.
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France -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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| Bib utility control no. |
17483136 |
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