The Origins of the French Nationalist Movement, 1886-1914

by Fuller, Robert Lynn

• ISBN13: 9780786468096
• ISBN10: 0786468092
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-23
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

French politics of the Third Republic rarely conformed to expectations. Among the tangled mass of alliances, cooperation, competition, and personal attachments that made up right-wing politics at the turn of the twentieth century, the Nationalists stood as the most elusive. A constantly metamorphosing band of malcontents, the supposedly conservative Nationalists proudly proclaimed themselves socialists and revolutionaries. This narrative history explores the emergence of the Nationalist right in France and explains why the movement united diverse political interests into a militant campaign to wrest control of France from the democratic republicans who were attempting to stabilize the country after a century of political volatility. Analysis of pamphlets, leaflets, speeches, posters, songs, and newspaper articles reveals that Nationalist agitation against the Third Republic posed a real and dangerous threat, a threat that dissipated only when their goals were adopted by more moderate competing groups.

Author Biography

Robert Lynn Fuller has taught history at colleges and universities in Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Introduction	p. 5
The Early Third Republic Foundation of Belle Époque Nationalism, 1870-1888	p. 13
The First Face of Nationalism: Boulangism	p. 30
From Boulangists to Anti-Dreyfusards	p. 47
The Dreyfus Affair and the Surge of Anti-Semitism	p. 72
Seeking a Popular Mandate	p. 91
France Divided: Dreyfusards and Anti-Dreyfusards	p. 106
The Onslaught Against President Loubet	p. 121
Confronting the Government of Republican Defense	p. 140
Varieties of Prejudice	p. 158
High Tide	p. 179
The Ebb of Nationalism	p. 196
Exhaustion and Mutation	p. 217
Conclusion	p. 239
Chapter Notes	p. 249
Bibliography	p. 269
Index	p. 279
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