Description
Book SynopsisIn the final years of the French Third Republic the Croix de Feu and its successor the Parti Social Français were widely regarded as the counterpart of fascism in Germany and Italy. This 1997 book uses a micro-study of the city of Lyon to place French fascism in the wider context of the history of French conservatism.
Trade Review'Leaving behind the vacuous rhetoric of fascist intellectuals and Parisian elites, Passmore provides us with what we most need: a study of the provincial dynamics of the right … the real strength of this important book is that Passmore enables us to confront the French provincial right of the inter-war years in all of its messy diversity.' History
Table of ContentsPreface; List of abbreviations; List of maps, charts and figures; 1. Introduction; 2. From France to the Rhone; 3. Urban society in the Rhone; 4. Rural society in the Rhone; 5. The crisis of the right I, 1928–31; 6. The impact of the economic crisis; 7. The crisis of the right II; 8. The Croix de Feu; 9. The right and the Popular Front; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
