The French Right Between the Wars ― Political and Intellectual Movements from Conservatism to Fascism

Contributing to the renewed debate on the nature and organization of the French interwar Right, 13 contributions are arranged in sections on political movements, gender, intellectual and cultural trends, and historiography. New methodological approaches and evolved scholarship take this investigation beyond previous work on the subject, which focused primarily on the classification of the many facets of the Right. Coverage here encompasses fascist sympathies, racial violence, and the municipal police in Oran, 1936-37; right-wing feminism and conservative women's militancy; gender and French fascism in political context; and physical culture, gender, and racial rejuvenation in the Parti social francais, among other topics Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Sean Kennedy is Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick. He is the author of Reconciling France against Democracy: The Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Francais, 1927-1945 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007), The Shock of War: Civilian Experiences, 1937-1945 (University of Toronto Press, 2011), and several scholarly articles.