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19 - Resistance
19 - Resistance
If the extent of French collaboration during World War II has been obscured, so too has the nature of resistance. Althou... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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15 - The Home Front
15 - The Home Front
1917 is a critical moment in World War I, as the Bolsheviks seize power in Russia and Woodrow Wilson leads the U.S. into... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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17 - The Popular Front
17 - The Popular Front
A plethora of Far Right and fascist organizations emerged in the wake of World War I. Economic depression, nationalism, ... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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20 - Battles For and Against Americanization
20 - Battles For and Against Americanization
Anti-Americanism in France has historically been directed toward the U.S. government and corporations rather than Americ... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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04 - A Nation? Peasants, Language, and French Identity
04 - A Nation? Peasants, Language, and French Identity
The problematic question of when people in France began to consider themselves part of a French nation, with a specifica... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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11 - Paris and the Belle Epoque
11 - Paris and the Belle Epoque
Modern Paris was indelibly shaped by the rebuilding project ordered by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann i... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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12 - French Imperialism (Charles Keith)
12 - French Imperialism (Charles Keith)
France's colonial properties were thought of in the latter half of the nineteenth century as consolation for the bitter ... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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10 - Cafes and the Culture of Drink
10 - Cafes and the Culture of Drink
Because drinking is such an integral part of French culture, alcohol abuse has been historically ignored. Although there... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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08 - Dynamite Club: The Anarchists
08 - Dynamite Club: The Anarchists
Anarchists, unlike syndicalists and other leftists, seek to destroy the state rather than to capture state power for the... Read more
9 Oct 2009
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06 - The Waning of Religious Authority
06 - The Waning of Religious Authority
The Industrial Revolution in France is often said to have been entirely overshadowed by British industrial development. ... Read more
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