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The Third French Republic
Summary: From 1871 to 1914, France experienced many social, economic, and cultural changes under the government of the Third Republic, including the modernization of its rural areas, the centralization of the state, and the emergence of a mass media culture. In addition, France's political climate was the most stable as it had ever been since 1871, and its foreign policy involved in imperial expansion in Africa and Asia. It is important to recognize that France's desire to expand overseas stemmed not only from the general expansionary climate among the Great Powers but also from its own domestic conditions.
In the years from 1871 to 1914, France saw many social changes, economic and cultural, under the new government of the Third Republic. France experienced the modernization of its rural areas, the centralization of the state, and the emergence of a mass media culture. Furthermore, internationally France was heavily involved in the European race to imperialize in Africa and Asia. political participation in the international arena, which at the time was heavily involved in the race for imperial expansion in Africa and Asia.
The Third French Republic was established in September of 1870, after Napoleon III's Second Empire suffered a humiliating defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Immediately after the rise of the Third Republic, there was a brief stint of revolutionary rule by the Paris Commune, which lasted from March to May of 1871. The Paris Commune, which was simply the city council of Paris, was able to accumulate great power through...
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