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Alexandre Ribot

Odyssey of a Liberal in the Third Republic

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  1. Martin E. Schmidt
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Values and Career Choice, 1860–1878

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 1-22

  3. Politics as a Profession, 1878–1889

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 23-45

  4. Ministerial Politics, 1890–1895

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 46-71

  5. Illusions, 1895–1899

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 72-88

  6. Opposition, Partial Reconciliation, 1900–1914

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 89-115

  7. Final Service (I): War Finance, 1914–1916

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 116-138

  8. Final Service (II): Premier, 1917

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 139-158

  9. Troubled Victory, 1918–1923

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 159-171

  10. Jugement

    • Martin E. Schmidt
    Pages 172-175

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 176-184
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In 1878 Alexandre Ribot assumed his place at the left-center of the French Chamber of Deputies. From here he began a lifelong effort to establish a moderate republic based upon his conception of liberal political values. The time seemed propitious to instill lofty purpose into French political life, for his entry into the Chamber coincided with the consolidation of the republican regime following the crisis of 16 May. But the first wave of republican anti-clericalism revealed the fragility of Ribot's hopes. During the next forty years, successive dramatic phases in republican history - Boulangism, the Dreyfus Affair, separa­ tion of church and state, the emergence of socialism, and ultimately, the demands of wartime leadership - would test Ribot's system of political values. Adaptive and resilient, he refined his definition of liberalism in response to political change and the charge that his plea for liberty and toleration had become instead sanctuary for a privileged class in French society.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alexandre Ribot

  • Book Subtitle: Odyssey of a Liberal in the Third Republic

  • Authors: Martin E. Schmidt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2067-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-247-1639-5Published: 31 December 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2067-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 196

  • Topics: History, general

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