Modern France and the world / Darcie Fontaine.

Globalizing France in the Era of Enlightenment -- Radical revolutions and Rights of Man -- The Napoleonic Empire -- Restoration and the liberal order -- Social and political revolutions -- New imperial designs : The Second Empire -- The imperial Third Republic -- The Fin de Siècle and its discontents -- Global France at war, 1914-1919 -- Illusions of peace, 1920-1939 -- War and occupation, 1939-1944 -- Postwar reconstruction and imperial deconstruction, 1944-1962 -- The politics of grandeur : the Fifth Republic in a new Europe -- Globalized France -- Conclusion -- the legacy of empire in twenty-first century France.

"Modern France and the World provides an engaging global history of the key events of modern France and its empire. It moves beyond the traditional political narrative of the development of the French Republican nation-state to offer both national and international perspectives of its evolution. By presenting the history of France and its global engagements from the mid-seventeenth century to the present, this volume is an essential resource for all students who study the history, politics, and culture of modern France"-- Provided by publisher.