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Vichy's New Man: National Regeneration and Historical Revisionism in French Education, 1940-1944

Gerber, Michael Ryan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524501870504622

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2018, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, History.
France fell to Nazi Germany in June 1940. Vichy, the collaborationist, right-wing regime that arose following France's capitulation, believed defeat resulted from a decadent social and political culture, whose origins resided in the republican values of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Headed by Marshal Philippe Petain, the Vichy regime rejected republicanism and pursued a utopian vision to fundamentally remake France, beginning with French men. While some historians have explored Vichy's hopes of making a so-called New Man, relatively few have considered the means by which Vichy strove to make its New Man a living, breathing reality. This thesis draws upon school textbooks published by the Vichy regime to show how national regeneration and historical revisionism in French education worked hand in hand to bring Vichy's New Man to life, one child at a time.
Cary Frith (Committee Chair)
Miriam Shadis (Committee Member)
Mirna Zakic (Advisor)
76 p.
Education History; European History; History
Vichy; New Man; French Education; National Regeneration; Historical Revisionism; World War II

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  • Gerber, M. R. (2018). Vichy's New Man: National Regeneration and Historical Revisionism in French Education, 1940-1944 [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524501870504622

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gerber, Michael. Vichy's New Man: National Regeneration and Historical Revisionism in French Education, 1940-1944. 2018. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524501870504622.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gerber, Michael. "Vichy's New Man: National Regeneration and Historical Revisionism in French Education, 1940-1944." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524501870504622

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