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France Since 1871

John Merriman · Yale University

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About

This course covers the emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of industrialization, and of the dislocation wrought by two world wars; and the political response of the Left and the Right to changing French society.

Lectures

  1. Introduction Lecture 1 · Audio
  2. Centralized State and Republic Lecture 3 · Audio
  3. The Waning of Religious Authority Lecture 5 · Audio
  4. Workshop and Factory Lecture 6 · Audio
  5. Mass Politics and the Political Challenge from the Left Lecture 7 · Audio
  6. Dynamite Club: The Anarchists Lecture 8 · Audio
  7. General Boulanger and Captain Dreyfus Lecture 9 · Audio
  8. Cafés and the Culture of Drink Lecture 10 · Audio
  9. Paris and the Belle Époque Lecture 11 · Audio
  10. French Imperialism (Guest Lecture by Charles Keith) Lecture 12 · Audio
  11. The Origins of World War I Lecture 13 · Audio
  12. Trench Warfare Lecture 14 · Audio
  13. The Home Front Lecture 15 · Audio
  14. The Great War, Grief, and Memory (Guest Lecture by Bruno Cabanes) Lecture 16 · Audio
  15. The Popular Front Lecture 17 · Audio
  16. The Dark Years: Vichy France Lecture 18 · Audio
  17. Resistance Lecture 19 · Audio
  18. Battles For and Against Americanization Lecture 20 · Audio
  19. Vietnam and Algeria Lecture 21 · Audio
  20. Charles De Gaulle Lecture 22 · Audio
  21. May 1968 Lecture 23 · Audio
  22. Immigration Lecture 24 · Audio

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Credits and licence

Institution
Yale University
Department
History
Teacher
John Merriman
Term
Fall 2007
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
History
Source
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Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, as Open Yale Courses states it. Non-commercial use only. Open Yale Courses's terms
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