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Undergraduate Record 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Record 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

ISSS 4273 - Modern France: Republic or Empire?


Examines the competition in French politics between between creating an ideal republic and defending national interests starting with the 1789 Revolution which led to Napoleon’s rule in Europe, moving on to the Third Republic’s renewed drive for empire in Africa and Asia, and closes with postcolonial France’s efforts to reconcile the welfare state with the demands of globalization.



Credits: 3