HIST 276: France Since 1871
Lecture 17 - The Popular Front. A plethora of Far Right and fascist organizations emerged in the wake of World War I. Economic depression, nationalism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia all played a part in this upsurge. On the left, the tension between communist revolutionaries and socialist reformers was reconciled, for a time, in the Popular Front government of Leon Blum. While the Popular Front would eventually fall, it pioneered many of the reforms and progressive measures that French workers enjoy today. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 17 - The Popular Front |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Rise of the Right in Interwar France |
| [00:11:54] | 2. Xenophobia and Anti-semitism in France |
| [00:16:17] | 3. The Stavisky Affair |
| [00:28:22] | 4. The Reassertion of the Republic: The Victory of the Popular Front and Leon Blum |
| [00:41:19] | 5. Unraveling the Popular Front: The Depression and the Spanish Civil War |
| References |
| Lecture 17 - The Popular Front Instructor: Professor John Merriman. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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