Nicholas Atkin

Biographic Data

ID1744612
NAMENicholas Atkin
GIVEN NAMESNicholas
FAMILY NAMEAtkin
SIGNATUREATKIN N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Reading
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX1

  • The forgotten French

    Open AccessNicholas AtkinBOOKForgotten French2010References: 6

    The context of exile: communities, circumstances and choices The Gaullist legacy Communities and circumstances Piecing together the fragments Tentative conclusions 2 The misfortune of exile: refugees Preparing to receive Arriving: 'We of this country wish to offer you our great sympathy' Late arrivals: The Royal Victoria Patriotic School Les pauvres types Catering for the refugees Travail, famille, patrie: the everyday life of refugees Conclusion…

  • Themes in Modern European History, 1890-1945

    Nicholas Atkin, Michael BiddissBOOKThemes in Modern European…2008

    1. Conspectus Nicholas Atkin 2. East and West Detmar Klein 3. Social and Economic Developments, 1890-1914 Pamela Pilbeam 4. Intellectual and Cultural Revolution Michael Biddiss 5. Explaining the First World War: Debating the Causes Gordon Martel 6. The First World War and its Impact Frank Tallett 7. The Soviet Union and Bolshevism Abroad Mat Worley 8. Fascism Costa Pinto 9. Withstanding Extremes, Britain and France, 1918-1940 Nicholas Atkin 10. T…

  • SOE in France

    Nicholas AtkinARTICLEThe English Historical Review2007

    This classic study, which first appeared in 1966, is widely acknowledged as being the first officially approved history of one of the arms of the British secret services, though just how ‘official’ was a source of contention. While part of the Government Official History Series, the book was designed as an ‘associate’ volume. Foot also maintained, in a Preface written in 1967 and reprinted here, that while ‘prepared under official auspices and wi…

  • The Fifth French Republic

    Open AccessNicholas AtkinBOOKFifth French Republic2005

  • The Right in France

    Nicholas Atkin, Frank TallettBOOKThe Right in France2003

    Nicholas Atkin and Frank Tallett are Senior Lecturers in History at the University of Reading. They are the authors of Priests, Prelates and People: A History of European Catholicism, 1750 to the Present (I.B.Tauris).

  • France at War

    Nicholas AtkinARTICLEFrench History2002

    1University of Reading France at War: Vichy and the Historians SarahFishmanLaura LeeDownsIoannisSinanogluLeonard V.SmithRobertZaretsky OxfordBerg 2000ix + 336£60 1 85973 299 2

  • Short notices

    Martyn Cornick, Nathalie Mrgudovic et al.ARTICLEModern & Contemporary France1999

    BELOT, R. Aux frontières de la liberté. Vichy, Madrid, Alger, Londres. S'évader de France sous l'OccupationFayard, 1998 793 pp., 220F., ISBN 2 213 59175 X BONIFACE, P. Atlas des relations internationalesHatier, 1997 176 pp., no price indicated ISBN 2 218 71430 2 BOURDIEU, P. Les Règles de l'art: genèse et structure du champ littéraireSeuil, 1998 567 pp., 59F., ISBN 2 02 034975 2 Chroniques de l'histoire PétainEditions Chronique, 1997 128 pp., no …

  • Petain

    Simon Kitson, Nicholas AtkinARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire1998

  • Shorter Notices

    Nicholas AtkinARTICLEThe English Historical Review1997

    Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access NICHOLAS ATKIN NICHOLAS ATKIN University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXII, Issue 446, April 1997, Pages 535-b–536, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXII.446.535-b Published: 01 April 1997

  • In Search of the Maquis

    Nicholas AtkinARTICLEFrench History1995

    Journal Article In Search of the Maquis: Rural Resistance in Southern France, 1942–1944 Get access In Search of the Maquis: Rural Resistance in Southern France, 1942–1944. By H. R. Kedward. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1993. xi + 340 pp. £35. ISBN 0 19 821931 8. Nicholas Atkin Nicholas Atkin University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1 March 1995, Pages 119…

  • Pierre Laval

    Nicholas AtkinARTICLEFrench History1995

    Journal Article Pierre Laval Get access Pierre Laval. By Jean-Paul Cointet. Paris: Fayard. 1993. 586 pp. Ffr 160. ISBN 2 213 02841 9. Nicholas Atkin Nicholas Atkin University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1 March 1995, Pages 117–118, https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/9.1.117 Published: 01 March 1995

  • The challenge to laïcité

    Open AccessNicholas AtkinARTICLEThe Historical Journal1992Cited by: 1References: 4

    This article examines the role which education played in church/state relations during the Occupation. It begins with an evaluation of catholic reactions to the defeat and explains why so many church leaders were quick to blame military collapse on the laïcité of the republican educational system. It then investigates the policies which the church wanted to see pursued in regard to schools and assesses how these were received by the Vichy governm…

  • Church and Teachers in Vichy France, 1940–1944

    Nicholas AtkinARTICLEFrench History1990

    Journal Article CHURCH AND TEACHERS IN VICHY FRANCE, 1940–1944 Get access NICHOLAS ATKIN NICHOLAS ATKIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 1990, Pages 1–22, https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/4.1.1 Published: 01 March 1990