Read more
"In 1914, the French author Charles Peguy declared that the world had changed more in the past three decades than it had in two thousand years. Yet the following thirty years would prove more traumatic, more cataclysmic, more earth shattering than any other period in history. France found itself at the centre of many of these political, economic and social shifts which destroyed old institutions and introduced a new world order. What can new scholarship tell us about the French experiences between 1914-1945? What kind of repercussions did international events have on the national psyche? Was this period mostly one of radical change, or does it reflect continuities which extend back into the nineteenth century? In France in an Era of Global War, scholars re-examine French experiences, histories and memories of this period. Using new approaches and methods, they question the long-standing myths and assumptions which continue to surround this period and suggest new frameworks for thinking about French history during these years. Whilst historians of this period have come a long way in the past hundred years, this edited volume is a strong reminder that many stones remain unturned"--
List of contents
Introduction; Ludivine Broch and Alison Carrol PART I: EXPERIENCING OCCUPATION 1. War Through the Eyes of the Child: Children Remember the German Occupation of Northern France, 1914-18; Miranda Sachs 2. Fresh Eyes, Dead Topic? Writing the History of the Occupation of Northern France in the First World War; James Connolly 3. Martyred Towns of the Liberation: The Case of the Massacre d'Ascq; Ludivine Broch PART II: THE RECONFIGURATION OF POLITICS OF LEFT AND RIGHT 4. The Shooting at Chartres: A Case Study of French Political Violence; Chris Millington 5. International Communism in Interwar France, 1919-1936; Thomas Beaumont 6. The Silent Minority: Working-class Conservatism in Interwar France; Joe Starkey PART III: THE NEW POLITICS OF EMPIRE 7. Auxiliary Troops, Global Recruitment : the Légion d'Orient and the Origins of the French Mandate in Syria, 1915-22; Simon Jackson 8. Entangled Enemies: Vichy, Italy and Collaboration; Karine Varley PART IV: ENTANGLEMENTS WITH THE ANGLOPHONE WORLD 9. Prehistory and Palaeontology in France, 1900-1940; Chris Manias 10. The French Maquis and the Allies during the Second World War; Raphaële Balu 11. Not By Bread Alone? UNRRA and the Displaced Persons in Gutach; Laure Humbert Conclusion; Robert Gildea ?
