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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451522603321

Autore

Reynolds Sian

Titolo

France between the wars : gender and politics / / Sian Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

0-203-28990-0

1-134-79832-6

1-280-21822-3

0-203-43366-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

320.082220

320/.082

944.08082

Soggetti

Women in politics

Women in politics - France

Political Science

History

Social Science

Electronic books.

France Politics and government 1914-1940

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-267), list of abbreviations, chronology, and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: WRITING ABOUT INTER-WAR FRANCE: THE TEXTBOOK AS TEXT; DEMOGRAPHY AND ITS DISCONTENTS; FROM KINDERGARTEN TO YOUTH HOSTEL: GROWING UP BETWEEN THE WARS; 'A SLIP OF A GIRL CAN FLY IT': THE FALSE PROMISES OF AVIATION; WHAT DID PEOPLE DO ALL DAY? THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR IN FRANCE BETWEEN THE WARS; FROM THE DEPRESSION TO THE STRIKES: OUVRIERS AND OUVRIRES; THE TRUCE BETWEEN THE SEXES? THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL INTERVENTION FROM THE GREAT WAR TO THE POPULAR FRONT

THE PERMEABILITY OF PUBLIC LIFE: MAINSTREAM AND ALTERNATIVE



POLITICSWAR AND PEACE: ASSENT AND DISSENT; RIGHTS AND THE REPUBLIC: THE INTER-WAR YEARS AS ANTECHAMBER TO DEMOCRACY?; CONCLUSION; Notes; Sources and bibliography; Chronology; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Sian Reynolds challenges the prevailing assumption that women had little influence or power in France during the interwar period. She combines extensive empirical research with revealing insights into France's political history and women's history.