Samenvatting
Challenging the notion that there was no 'popular imperialism' in France, this important new book examines the importance of France's colonial role in the development of French society and culture after 1870. It assesses the impact of colonial propaganda on public attitudes in France and the relationship between French imperialism, republicanism and nationalism. It analyses metropolitan representations of empire, traces the development of a colonial 'science' and discusses the enduring importance of images and symbols of empire in contemporary France. It will be of interest to students of imperial, social and cultural history as well as to historians of contemporary France.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780333791806
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements Table of Contents Abbreviations Glossary Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART I: THE EMPIRE AND PUBLIC OPINION Popular Enthusiasm for Empire in France; G.de Gantés A Colonial Propaganda Campaign: Gallieni, Lyautey and the Defence of the Military Regime in Madagascar, 1899-1900; P.Venier Drawing Settlers to New Caledonia: French Colonial Propaganda in the Late Nineteenth Century; I.Merle The Dissenters: Anticolonialism in France c.1900-40; J.Derrick PART II: REPRESENTATIONS OF EMPIRE Imperial Facades: Muslim Institutions and Propaganda in Inter-War Paris; N.MacMaster The French Provinces and 'La Plus Grande France'; O.Goerg Alienation or Political Strategy? The Colonised Defend the Empire; C.Atlan & J.Jézéquel Propagating Patriarchy: Marianne and Joan of Arc in French Propaganda and Cambodian Nationalism; P.Edwards Miscegenation and the Popular Imagination; O.White PART III: THE EMPIRE AND SCIENCE 'Faire Naître vs. 'Faire du Noir': Race Regeneration in France and West Africa, 1895-1930; A.Conklin Colonial Ethnography and Racism in France around 1900; E.Sibeud Direct or Indirect Rule: Propaganda around a Scientific Controversy; V.Dimier The Representation of the Colonies in War Memorials; B.Kidd Defending the Empire in Retrospect: The Discourse of the Extreme Right; C.Flood & H.Frey Colonial Paris: Traces of the Empire in the Paris Landscape; R.Aldrich Select Bibliography Index