HIST 276: France Since 1871 (Fall 2007, Open Yale Courses). This consists of 24 video lectures given by Professor John Merriman.

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666 years, 7 months

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24

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This course covers the emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of industrialization, and of the dislocation wrought by two world wars; and the political response of the Left and the Right to changing French society. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Course Currilcum

  • Lecture 01 – Introduction Unlimited
  • Lecture 02 – The Paris Commune and Its Legacy Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Centralized State and Republic Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – A Nation? Peasants, Language, and French Identity Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – The Waning of Religious Authority Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – Workshop and Factory Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – Mass Politics and the Political Challenge from the Left Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Dynamite Club: The Anarchists Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – General Boulanger and Captain Dreyfus Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Cafes and the Culture of Drink Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – Paris and the Belle Epoque Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – French Imperialism Unlimited
  • Lecture 13 – The Origins of World War I Unlimited
  • Lecture 14 – Trench Warfare Unlimited
  • Lecture 15 – The Home Front Unlimited
  • Lecture 16 – The Great War, Grief, and Memory Unlimited
  • Lecture 17 – The Popular Front Unlimited
  • Lecture 18 – The Dark Years: Vichy France Unlimited
  • Lecture 19 – Resistance Unlimited
  • Lecture 20 – Battles For and Against Americanization Unlimited
  • Lecture 21 – Vietnam and Algeria Unlimited
  • Lecture 22 – Charles De Gaulle Unlimited
  • Lecture 23 – May 1968 Unlimited
  • Lecture 24 – Immigration Unlimited