Output details
30 - History
University of Liverpool
Article title
La politique environnementale de Vichy
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire
Article number
-
Volume number
113
Issue number
1
First page of article
41
ISSN of journal
1950-6678
Year of publication
2012
URL
-
Number of additional authors
-
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
Yes
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article explores the environmental history of Vichy France. It argues that the Vichy regime engaged with the environment in a variety of often contradictory ways. As it strove to remake France in line with its reactionary worldview and to draw the maximum amount of resources from the soil, it appropriated forests, mountains, and fields. In line with other historical research that demonstrates that Vichy was not a parenthesis in French history, this article argues that Vichy’s environmental policies had precedents and successors in French history. Moreover, its policies echoed those pursued in other countries during the Second World War.