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This book describes the history of France between the anti-parliamentary riots of 1934 and the death of de Gaulle in 1970. It is written as a series of interpretative essays rather than a straight chronological account. Special emphasis is laid on the broad social conflicts - between classes, sexes and generations - that underlay the complicated party politics of France. Attention is also given to the episodes - the rule of the Vichy government, the Algerian war, the 'thirty glorious years of economic growth', and the student riots of 1968 - that helped to transform the nation of Clochemerle into that of Concorde.
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RICHARD VINEN lectures in History at King's College, London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: France, 1934-1970
Authors: Richard Vinen
Series Title: European Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24568-0
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 264
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: European History