France Since 1870: Culture, Politics and Society [Paperback]

Charles Sowerwine (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 033365837X | ISBN-13: 978-0333658376 | Publication Date: February 24, 2001

This fascinating, authoritative history describes the great political, economic, cultural, and social events that have defined the period, from the convulsive establishment of a French republic to the apotheosis of French national culture in World War I, from the acrimonious failure of the 1930s and the Occupation to France's resurgence as a central focus of postwar Europe. The book ends with President Mitterand's retirement, an epochal event that marked the severing of France's last link with the Vichy government and the Fourth Republic.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"With France Since 1870, Charles Sowerwine has made a valuable contribution to the study of modern French history. This new book is especially significant because it offers a surveythat makes central the cultural and gender issues of the period, incorporating them into a broader history of the politics and society oflate-nineteenth- and twentieth-century France." -Joelle Neulander, University of Iowa

About the Author

Charles Sowerwine is Reader in French History at the University of Melbourne and Professor of History at the Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 531 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (February 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 033365837X
• ISBN-13: 978-0333658376
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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