358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
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This celebrated classic now includes a new introduction by Robert Tombs.
The history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century France has often seemed complex and confusing. France, 1814-1940 has a long-established reputation as a clear, accessible and authoritative account of this fascinating period.
It describes the characteristics of France's different regimes and their leading... Read more
Introduction, Foreword, Maps, General bibliography, 1 The First Restoration and the Hundred Days, 2 France in 1815, 3 The Second Restoration, 4 The reign of Charles X, 5 The July Monarchy, 6 The Second Republic, 7 The Second Empire, 8 The Franco-Prussian war and the Commune, 9 The establishment of the Third Republic, 10 The Republic of the Republicans, 11 The years of crisis and scandal, 12 The Republic of the Radicals, 13 France in 1914, 14 The Great War of 1914–18, 15 From victory to the economic slump of 1929, 16 Catastrophe, Appendices, Index
Biography
J.P.T. Bury was a life fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Robert Tombs is Reader in History at St. John's College, Cambridge.
'J.P.T. Bury's classic history takes the reader on a switchback ride across violently changing regimes and republics, cultural and artistic movements.' - BBC History Magazine
