Synopses & Reviews
Between Resistance and Collaboration is a study of the impact of the changes to the structure of authority and economy brought upon the population of northern France by the Nazi occupation. The book explores the various means by which the local population both protested hardships, forcing the authorities to do something about them, and evaded the plethora of political and economic regulations when the authorities were unable and unwilling to act.
Review
“[She] has produced a fine and valuable little study (161 pages of text), which is solidly grounded in both the French and English secondary material as well as the relevant French archives, both departmental and national.” —
History: Reviews of New Books“This book is a valuable addition to our knowledge of the ways in which many of the French tried to cope with the rigors of wartime life under German rule.” —American Historical Review
Synopsis
Introduction The Germans Arrive Economic Reconstruction Reconstruction's Failure and its Consequences THE POPULATION'S RESPONSE Resistance Strikes and Work Stoppages Pillaging Food Riots Black Market and Theft Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Between Resistance and Collaboration explores the various means by which the local population both protested the hardships brought about by the Nazi occupation of Northern France, often forcing the authorities to do something about them, and evaded the plethora of regulations, political and economic, when the authorities were unable or unwilling to act.
Synopsis
"Between Resistance and Collaboration is a study of the impact of the changes to the structure of authority and economy brought upon the population of northern France by the Nazi occupation. The book explores the various means by which the local population both protested hardships, forcing the authorities to do something about them, and evaded the plethora of political and economic regulations when the authorities were unable and unwilling to act.
Synopsis
A study of the impact on the population of northern France of the changes to the structure of authority and the economy brought upon by the Nazi occupation of the region and the diverse ways in which the local population addressed those challenges.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-190) and index.
About the Author
Lynne Taylor is Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Table of Contents
Introduction *
Part I: The Occupation and Reconstruction * The Germans Arrive * Economic Reconstruction * Reconstruction's Failure and its Consequences *
Part II: The Population's Response * Resistance * Strikes and Work Stoppages * Food Riots * Pillaging * Black Market and Theft * Conclusion