France Since 1945
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 28 August 2025
- ISBN 9780198825777
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 197x130x30 mm
- Weight 336 g
- Language English 633
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Short description:
A succinct history of France from 1945 to the present, which seeks to provide a sympathetic understanding of the forces that have shaped the nation. This third edition explores twenty more years of French history, history writing, and changing historical approaches, notably in colonial history and gender history.
MoreLong description:
Robert Gildea presents an ambitious and wide-ranging but succinct history of France from 1945 to 2024, which seeks to provide a sympathetic understanding of the forces that have shaped a country that is so close to Britain and yet so different. This third edition, following the second in 2002 and first in 1996, takes into account twenty more years of French history, history writing, and changing historical approaches, notably in colonial history and gender history.
France Since 1945 explores France's bid to restore political stability and international greatness after the Second World War which was marked by defeat and occupation, and the loss of greatness and crisis of democracy that began in the 1990s. These chapters are interleaved by eight thematic chapters, on the legacy of the Second World War and the Algerian War, which arguably continues in France to this day; on the economy and society; on French culture; and on gender and sexuality.
Review from previous edition Gildea's account of history and France Since 1945 offers an authoritative, stimulating, and highly readable introduction.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
Crisis of Empire
Crisis in the State
Shadows of the Second World War
Les Trente Glorieuses
Cultural Revolutions
Women's Liberation?
The Republic of the Centre (1970-1995)
Defending French Interests
The Legacy of the Algerian War
Globalization, Inequality and Protest
The Battle for French Culture
Gender Wars
The Crisis of Democracy (1995-)
Clinging to Greatness
Conclusion: The Challenges Facing France
Notes
