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EAN : 9782707133342
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 348
Size : 135 x 220 mm
Children of Mourning (1914-1941). Orphans of the World War 1

Collection : Textes à l'appui / Histoire contemporaine
Release date : 15/11/2001

Olivier Faron retraces the history of a million French children who were orphaned after the first world war. He particularly demonstrates how, exalted, even sacralized by the nation, these orphans were to occupy a central role in a post-war society in reconstruction. This period is an important stage in the...

Olivier Faron retraces the history of a million French children who were orphaned after the first world war. He particularly demonstrates how, exalted, even sacralized by the nation, these orphans were to occupy a central role in a post-war society in reconstruction. This period is an important stage in the construction of the social State in France, the only European country that created a specific name for these orphans, « pupille de la nation », still used today to designate war orphans.

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EAN : 9782707133342
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 348
Size : 135 x 220 mm
La Découverte