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Print Price: $109.50

Format:
Paperback
522 pp.
figures, maps, tables, 156 mm x 234 mm

ISBN-13:
9780198731511

Publication date:
July 1997

Imprint: OUP UK


France since The Popular Front

Government and People 1936-1996, Second Edition

Maurice Larkin

The American Historical Review described the first edition as ' a tour de force; there is no equivalent work in English or French that covers the history of France during the last fifty years with such depth and originality'. The Journal of Modern History found it, 'unusually readable, the work of a literate and witty scholar with easy control of a huge body of material'.

In this new edition, Professor Larkin extends his analysis of French history since the Depression to 1996. He examines the factors that have shaped the evolution of French social, economic, and political life, from the short-lived ministries of the Third and Fourth Republics to the greater stability of the Fifth Republic. In addition to his lively portrayals of the principal figures and events of the period, Professor Larkin puts France in its broad international context, comparing the country's economic performance and social record with those of its European neighbours.

`The first textbook to cover its period in one volume...An enormous amount of material is presented with clarity and elegance...a volume which cannot fail to become a standard textbook.' English Historical Review

`a superb contribution to the literature on contemporary France' Journal of Social History

'A remarkable achievement based on massive research and usefully illustrated with tables and other statistical details...This will undoubtedly become an important reference for all those working in the field...' Modern and Contemporary France

'lively and often amusing narrative...Larkin's concern is with "the interaction of people, government and material change"...This interaction is set most illuminatingly in its comparative context, with much useful statistical data.' Times Higher Education Supplement

Readership : Scholars and students of French and European history of the 20th century; French studies; European politics; international relations; nationalism; colonialism

Preface
1. France in the 1930s
2. `La République des Députés': Politics in the 1930s
3. The Popular Front: Legend and Legacy
4. The Road to Compiègne: Diplomacy and War, 1936-1940
5. The Occupation
6. Resistance and Liberation
7. Retribution and the New Jerusalem: The CNR Charter
8. The Constitution of the Fourth Republic
9. The Pattern of Politics, 1946-1954
10. Economic Growth and Social Change, 1947-1973
11. France Overseas, 1944-1954
12. Janus and Cassandra: The Mendès-France Ministry and What Followed, 1954-1955
13. Impasse, 1956-1958
14. `La République des Dupes'
15. `La République des Citoyens'
16. De Gaulle's Foreign Policy
17. Challenge and Response, 1968-1974
18. Reform and Recession: The Giscardian Era, 1974-1981
19. Keynesianism in One Country: The Socialist Experiment
20. The Regime on Trial: Cohabitation and Its Consequences, 1986-1988
21. Further Trials: From Rocard to Juppé, 1988-1996
22. The Cold Peace and the Shadow of Germany: International Relations 1986-1996
23. L'Avant-Fin-de-Siècle
Appendices: I Figures; II Tables; III French Governments 1936-1996; IV The Arts and the Public in the 1930s
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

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Special Features

  • Covers the politics, economy, and social development of France from the Depression to 1996
  • The most up-to-date and comprehensive text on the market
  • Second edition adds four new chapters on the years 1986-96, plus revised bibliography
  • Combines a clear chronological structure with strong thematic analysis
  • Detailed statistical data: 55 tables, 10 figures, 3 maps
  • Four useful appendices, including a chronology of French Governments since 1936
  • Extensive index