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

Kevin Passmore

The Croix de Feu and its successor the Parti social français 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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: May 16th, 2002
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.98in - 6.06in - 0.86in - 1.17lb
  • EAN: 9780521894265
  • Categories: Europe - GeneralPolitical Ideologies - Radicalism

Praise for this book

"...a pioneering contribution. And a very good one....Passmore's detailed and exhaustive probings of local sources has yielded impressive results....It is a fine piece of craftsmanship which will make a major contribution to the topic." William D. Irvine, H-France
"A rich and complex study, essential to specialists." N. Greene, Choice
"There is much to admire in Passmore's book. ...this study is a major contribution to our understanding of French conversations in the 1930s. It is local with broad implications." Robert Soucy, American Historical Review