France Since 1945

by Robert Gildea

Book Overview

The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern economy, searching for a stable political system. It has also been a time of anxiety and doubt. The French have had to come to terms with the legacy of the German Occupation, the loss of Empire, the political and social implications of the influx of foreign immigrants, the rise of Islam, the destruction of traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192192469
• ISBN13: 9780192192462
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.8"