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1 online resource |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Anticommunism in French Society and Politics, 1945-1953 -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Historiography of Anticommunism in France -- Plan of Study -- Themes of French Anticommunism -- 1. Anticommunism in French Politics and Society, 1945-1953: An Overview -- Reconstruction -- Recovery and Reaction -- Legacies of Occupation and Resistance -- French Communism -- Decolonization -- Anti-Americanism -- Religion -- Gender -- Conclusion -- 2. L'Affaire Bertier: Anticommunism in the French Scouting Movement |
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A Brief Introduction to Scouting in France -- Georges Bertier and His Use of Anticommunism -- Communism, Patriotism, Militarism -- Anticommunism and the Empire: Defending the Imperial Mission -- Communism and Sexual Contamination: The Problem of 'Mixité' -- Godless Communism: Secularism or Atheism chez les Éclaireurs -- Scout Internationalism: French Scouting and Eastern Europe -- Anti-Urbanism, Anti-Productivism, and Anticommunism -- Conclusion -- 3. 'La Première Victime': Familialism and Anticommunism -- Mythe Neutraliste, Political Reality: Familialism and Anticommunism |
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The Family and the State -- Modern Families: Personalism and Productivism -- Working Women and the 'Salaire Unique' -- Foyers and Families: Housing -- Nutrition and the Cost of Living -- Education, Morality, and Motherhood -- 'Chef de la Famille': Fatherhood and the Family -- The Family and the Wider World -- Conclusion -- 4. Koulaks and Cocos: Anticommunism and French Agriculture -- The CGA and the Struggle for Control of French Agriculture -- The USSR: From Scientific Utopia to Collectivist Dystopia -- Discourses of Deception in French Agricultural Anticommunism |
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Devious or Dull: Portrayals of Communist Peasants versus Others -- Civilisés contre barbares -- Class Conflict in the Countryside? -- Anticommunism, Antitechnocracy, and Antiestablishment Feelings among the French Peasantry -- The United States: Ally or Competitor -- Conclusion -- 5. Marx vs. La Fontaine: Anticommunism and the Classes Moyennes -- Organizing the Classes Moyennes -- Les Classes Moyennes: Foundation of Western Civilization -- The Communists: Enemies of Civilization -- Les Classes Moyennes contre Dirigisme -- The Classes Moyennes and the Wider World -- Conclusion |
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6. Le Parti du Prolétariat? Anticommunism and the Working Class -- Bitter Defeat: The Emotions of Anticommunist Activists -- An Opportunity Lost: The 'Battle for Production' and Rank-and-File Discontent -- Planning, Productivism, Personalism -- Inheritance Battles: The Struggle for the Historical Legacy of the Workers' Movement -- Gender and the 'Male Collectivity' -- Class, Fraternité, and Anti-anticommunism -- Paradis ou enfer? Workers, Anticommunists, and the USSR -- Conclusion: A 'Counter-Society'? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Here is a work which evaluates anticommunism among the French population, 1945-1953, examining its causes, character, and consequences through a series of case studies on areas of French society, including the scouting movement; family organisations; agricultural associations; middle-class groups; and trade unions and other working-class organisations |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2023 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 23, 2023) |
| Subject |
Communism -- France -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century
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Communism -- Public opinion
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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European history.
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History.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Politics and government -- 1945-1958. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051487
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France -- Social conditions -- 1945-1995. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051499
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| Subject |
France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191994432 |
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019199443X |
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9780198886792 |
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0198886799 |
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