Under the Shadow of Defeat

Based on extensive archival research, this book is the first wide-ranging analysis of how memories of the Franco-Prussian War shaped French political culture and identities. Examining war remembrance as an emerging mass phenomenon in Europe, it sheds new light on the relationship between memories and the emergence of new concepts of the nation.

KARINE VARLEY is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, the University of Leeds, and Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She has lectured at Durham University and is currently Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Edinburgh.

Introduction Political Fallout The Cult of the Dead Taboos Memories for the Masses Legacies of L'année Terrible Martyrdom and Resistance The Lost Provinces Arming the Nation Conclusion Bibliography Index