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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792397903321

Autore

Mitchell Allan <1933->

Titolo

A stranger in Paris : Germany's role in republican France, 1870-1940 / / Allan Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2006

ISBN

1-78920-606-5

1-84545-125-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 95 p. )

Disciplina

327.4304409/034

Soggetti

France Foreign relations Germany

Germany Foreign relations France

France Foreign relations 1870-1940

Germany Foreign relations 1871-

France History Third Republic, 1870-1940

France Politics and government 1870-1940

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An unstable past -- An improvised state -- A voluntarist ethic -- A flagging demography -- A stagnant economy -- A sexist tradition -- An educated elite -- A xenophobic style -- A socialist revival -- A strange defeat? -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this essay, the author maintains that the French Third Republic - and European history during this period in general - can only be understood if particular attention is paid to the special relationship that existed between France and Germany. The experience of the French people was so intimately related to that of its closest neighbor that a bilateral perspective becomes unavoidable. Without the unifying theme of Germany's crucial role in acting upon and within the French Republic, this story would become a much more random tale of events. After 1870, an autonomous national history of France is no longer possible."--BOOK JACKET.