Table of Contents

James McMillan: Introduction
I. Politics1: James McMillan: Politics, 1880-1914
2: Kevin Passmore: Politics, 1914-1945
3: Richard Vinen: Politics, 1945-2000
4: David Watson: France, Europe, and the Wider World
II. Society and Culture5: John Horne: The Transformation of Society
6: Siân Reynolds: The Condition of Women and the Politics of Gender
7: Robert Tombs: Intellectuals and Culture
8: Maurice Larkin: Religion and Secularisation
James McMillan: Conclusion
Further Reading
Chronology
Maps

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About the Author

James F. McMillan is Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of France and Women 1789-1914 (Routledge 2000), and Twentieth Century France (Arnold 1992).

Reviews

As one might expect from such a distinguished team of historians of France, all the contributions are of a very high standard, and manage to be authoritative without being didactic.
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