Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Abbreviations and Terms xiii
6. Note on Places xv
7. Note on Archives xvii
8. Introduction 1
9. Chapter 1 Alsace Reborn: Emerging Visions of Alsace, 1895–1913 20
10. Chapter 2 Monuments, Museums, and Memory: Commemoration in Alsace, 1900–1914 52
11. Chapter 3 From Disunity to Unity: The Constitutional Debates and the Zabern Affair, 1910–1914 73
12. Chapter 4 War Weariness or National Reunion? World War I and Alsace, 1914–1918 100
13. Chapter 5 “Ne toucher pas de choses d’Alsace”: The Return of French Rule to Alsace, 1918–1925 128
14. Chapter 6 Dual Cultures and Contested Memories: Alsace in the 1920s 152
15. Chapter 7 The Apogee of the Autonomist Movement 179
16. Conclusion: Visions and Divisions 206
17. Bibliography 213
18. Index 229