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The history of France / W. Scott Haine.

by Haine, W. Scott.

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Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2019.

France -- History.

Greenwood histories of the modern nations.

9781440863820 (hc.)

xxi, 310 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-288) and index

Fractious and Fascinating County -- Prehistory -- From Caesar to Charlemagne -- Building the nation: From Hugh Capet to Richelieu (987-1642) -- Absolute Monarchy: From Apogee to Catastrophe (Louis XVI, 1774-1792) -- French Revolution to Napoleon -- Unstable Era (1815-1870) : Monarches, Republic and Empire -- Consolidation and the Third Republic in Peace and Ware (1870-1918) -- Decline and Degradation: Interwar and Vichy -- Renewal and Expansion: The Fourth Republic and De Gaulle's Fifth Republic -- After De Gaulle : Experimentation and Consolidation (1969-1988) -- France at the End of the Twentieth Century (1988-2002) : Crisis, Renewal and Drift -- Wither France in the Complex Twenty-First Century.

"The History of France is up-to-date and concise yet comprehensive, offering a readers a current, narrative history of France. Engagingly written for students and general readers alike, it brings to life the compelling history of this fractious and fascinating country. Chronological chapters examine the history of France through the first year and a half of Emmanuel Macron's presidency. A timeline and appendix of significant individuals round out the work."--Goodreads.

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