Transnational France

Now in its second edition, Transnational France takes a transnational approach to the history of modern France that draws the reader into a key aspect of France's political culture: universalism. Giving a global view of France's history, this is the perfect volume for students of Modern France and French history courses.

Tyler Stovall is the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University in New York, USA. He is a historian of modern France and his most recent book is White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea (2021).

Introduction  1. French Revolution, World Revolution  2. Restoration, Revolution, and Empire: France, 1815-1852  3. Imperial Democracy? France under the Second Empire, 1852-1870  4. Paris: The Making of a World Capital  5. The Universal Republic  6. The Republican Empire  7. The Universal Nation in a World at War  8. From One War to Another: The Universal Nation in Crisis  9. France in the Second World War: Defeat and Rebirth of the Universal Nation  10. The Fourth Republic: New Challenges for the Transnational Nation  11. The Fifth Republic: A New Era for France  12. Postcolonial France: A New Universal Nation?  13. Into the Present: France in the Twenty-First Century  Conclusion