From Liberalism to Fascism: The Right in a French Province, 1928-1939

ISBN-13: 9780521580182 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 352 str.

Kevin Passmore

Opis

The Croix de Feu and its successor the Parti social francais stood at the center of the political conflict in the final years of the French Third Republic and were widely regarded as the counterpart of fascism in Germany and Italy. Only recently has the view that fascism also has roots in France become a serious topic for debate. From Liberalism to Fascism is based largely on archival research and places French fascism in the wider context of the history of French conservatism. Received views of French social and economic structures are also overturned.

Recenzje

'Leaving behind the vacuous rhetoric of fascist intellectuals and Parisian elites, Passmore provides us with what we most need: a study of the provincial dynamics of the right … the real strength of this important book is that Passmore enables us to confront the French provincial right of the inter-war years in all of its messy diversity.' History

Spis treści

Preface; List of abbreviations; List of maps, charts and figures; 1. Introduction; 2. From France to the Rhone; 3. Urban society in the Rhone; 4. Rural society in the Rhone; 5. The crisis of the right I, 1928–31; 6. The impact of the economic crisis; 7. The crisis of the right II; 8. The Croix de Feu; 9. The right and the Popular Front; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.