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Vichy, resistance, liberation: new perspectives on wartime France

Diamond, Hanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-3614 and Kitson, Simon 2005. Vichy, resistance, liberation: new perspectives on wartime France. Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic.

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Abstract

Bringing together key international scholars, Vichy, Resistance, Liberation: New Perspectives on Wartime France offers original insight into this critical period of modern France. It shifts the focus away from straightforward political history to reflect the current interest in socio-cultural aspects of the Second World War and breaks down traditional chronological barriers.In seeking to understand war from a social perspective, the contributors focus on individuals and communities. Wars are moments which forever alter the emphasis of social expression. Rumours emerge as a major aspect of daily life. Wars are also periods offering new possibilities to individuals. Several contributors explore the lives of previously little known individuals in Vichy France Paulette Bernge, Daniel Gurin, Georges Mauco, Franois Perroux. Other contributors emphasize some of the forgotten actors of the period, most notably the anarchists. Other contributors uncover new information about womens experience in Vichy France.Vichy, Resistance, Liberation moves away from the trend of synthesis history and presents path-breaking research and new trajectories of interest in the field. The collection pays tribute to the work of H.R. Kedward, the world-renowned specialist on Occupied France.

Item Type: Book
Book Type: Edited Book
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Modern Languages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9781859737729
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 09:34
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/66546

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