The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940

An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940. It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including: * the emergence of the regime and the Paris Commune of 1871 * Franco-German relations * anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair * the role of women and the importance of the national birth-rate * the character of the French Right and of French fascism.

William Fortescue

1: The emergence of the Third Republic, 1870-1; 2: The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic; 3: The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath; 4: Women and the family; 5: The First World War; 6: France after the First World War; 7: The Popular Front; 8: The fall of France (June 1940)