Karen Adler is Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Nottingham.

'Karen Adler has written an interestingly subversive book on the liberation of France … This is a broadly researched and scholarly book … lucid and passionate text.' History

• List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the long liberation; 2. Narrating liberation; 3. Anticipating liberation: the gendered nation in print; 4. Limiting liberation: 'the French for France'; 5. Controlling liberation: Georges Mauco and a population fit for France; 6. Liberation in place: Jewish women in the city; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Karen Adler is Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Nottingham.

'Karen Adler has written an interestingly subversive book on the liberation of France … This is a broadly researched and scholarly book … lucid and passionate text.' History

• List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the long liberation; 2. Narrating liberation; 3. Anticipating liberation: the gendered nation in print; 4. Limiting liberation: 'the French for France'; 5. Controlling liberation: Georges Mauco and a population fit for France; 6. Liberation in place: Jewish women in the city; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Karen Adler is Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Nottingham.

'Karen Adler has written an interestingly subversive book on the liberation of France … This is a broadly researched and scholarly book … lucid and passionate text.' History

• List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the long liberation; 2. Narrating liberation; 3. Anticipating liberation: the gendered nation in print; 4. Limiting liberation: 'the French for France'; 5. Controlling liberation: Georges Mauco and a population fit for France; 6. Liberation in place: Jewish women in the city; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.