Ordinary Citizens and the French Third Republic: Negotiations Between People and Parliament, c.1900–1930

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
1 Introduction: Finding Citizens in the Web of Political Concepts
	Representation, Democratization, and the First World War
	Lines of Inquiry into Interactions Between French Citizens and Deputies
	Private Letters Between Clientelism and Politicization
Part I Materiality of the Negotiation Process
2 Citizens in the Chamber and the Deputies in Their Constituency
	Citizens Attending the Plenary Debates
	Appointments and Consultation Days
3 Written Communications and Their Material Characteristics
	Pneumatic Cards and Petitions to the Chamber
	Epistolary Etiquette in Letters of Request, Thanks, or Congratulations
	Channels of Communication and Networks of Mediation
4 First World War Correspondence and the Deputies’ Accessibility
	Information Exchange Between Homefront and Warfront, Paris and Prison Camps
	Deservingness of Solidarity Between Charity and Justice
	War-Related Requests Between Emotion and Mutual Education
5 Conclusion to Part I
Part II Typology of the Deputies’ Roles
6 The Impartial Deputy
	Transcending Party Boundaries
		a. Pre-war impartiality
		b. From the “Union sacrée” (1914–1919) to the “Bloc national” (1919–1924)
		c. During the Cartel of the Left (1924–1926)
		d. During the National Union (1926–1928)
		e. In the turbulent thirties
	Transcending Geographical Boundaries
7 The Sacralized Deputy
	The Deputy-Protector, -Benefactor, and -Friend
	The Deputy-Cult as Political Religion
8 The Deputy-Lawyer
	From Religious to Regional Defense?
	“Frenchness” and Naturalization
	Lawsuits and Conflicts of Interest
9 Conclusion to Part II
General Conclusion
Bibliography
Index