Lynne Taylor is Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

"[She] has produced a fine and valuable little study (161 pages of text), which is solidly grounded in both the French and English secondary material as well as the relevant French archives, both departmental and national." - History: Reviews of New Books "This book is a valuable addition to our knowledge of the ways in which many of the French tried to cope with the rigors of wartime life under German rule." - American Historical Review

• Introduction The Germans Arrive Economic Reconstruction Reconstruction's Failure and its Consequences THE POPULATION'S RESPONSE Resistance Strikes and Work Stoppages Pillaging Food Riots Black Market and Theft Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography Index

Lynne Taylor is Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

"[She] has produced a fine and valuable little study (161 pages of text), which is solidly grounded in both the French and English secondary material as well as the relevant French archives, both departmental and national." - History: Reviews of New Books "This book is a valuable addition to our knowledge of the ways in which many of the French tried to cope with the rigors of wartime life under German rule." - American Historical Review

• Introduction The Germans Arrive Economic Reconstruction Reconstruction's Failure and its Consequences THE POPULATION'S RESPONSE Resistance Strikes and Work Stoppages Pillaging Food Riots Black Market and Theft Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography Index

Lynne Taylor is Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

"[She] has produced a fine and valuable little study (161 pages of text), which is solidly grounded in both the French and English secondary material as well as the relevant French archives, both departmental and national." - History: Reviews of New Books "This book is a valuable addition to our knowledge of the ways in which many of the French tried to cope with the rigors of wartime life under German rule." - American Historical Review

• Introduction The Germans Arrive Economic Reconstruction Reconstruction's Failure and its Consequences THE POPULATION'S RESPONSE Resistance Strikes and Work Stoppages Pillaging Food Riots Black Market and Theft Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography Index