The Uncertain Foundation France at the Liberation 1944-47 [Hardcover]

France's liberation was expected to trigger a decisive break both with the Vichy r?gime and with the pre-war Third Republic. What happened was an untidy patchwork of unplanned continuities and false starts. This volume analyses the complex process of regime change, economic renewal, social transformation, and adjustment to a fast-evolving world.Introduction: France's 'Long' Liberation, 1944-47; A.Knapp The Liberation and the Institutional Question in France; E.Cartier 'S?nat ou pas S?nat?' - The 'First' Council of the Republic; P.Smith De Gaulle and the Paradox of Post-War French Politics; D.Goldey Replacement or Renewal? The French Political ?lite at the Liberation; O.Wieviorka 'The Politics of Political Women': Reassessing the First D?put?es ; H.Footitt France's Liberation Era, 1944-47: A Social and Economic Settlement?; H.Chapman Catholics and the Long Liberation: The Progressive Moment; N.Atkin Whose Liberation? Confronting the Problem of the French Empire, 1944-1947; M.Shipway Moscow, the Parti Communiste Fran?ais, and France's Political Recovery; N.Naoumova Washington at the Liberation, 1944-1947; C.Cogan & A.Knapp The Half-Open Window: France and Britain, 1944-1947; A.Knapp Occupation, Liberation, Purges: the Changing Landscape of French Memory; P.ButonNICHOLAS ATKIN Professor of Modern European History, University of Reading, UKPHILIPPE BUTON Professor of Contemporary History, University of Reims, FranceEMMANUEL CARTIER Lecturer in Public Law, Universit? de Bourgogne, Dijon, FranceHERRICK CHAPMAN Associate Professor of History, New York University, USACHARLES COGAN Senior Associate Fellow, the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USAHILARY FOOTITT Senior Research Fellow in French, the University of Reading, UKDAVID GOLDEY Emeritus Fellow in Politics at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, UKANDREW KNAPP Professor of French Politics and Contemporary History, University of Reading, UKNATALIA NAOUMOVA Senior Lecturer in European History, Lomol³#