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French colonial empire and the Popular Front : hope and disillusion / edited by Tony Chafer and Amanda Sackur.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Front populaire--Influence.
- Front populaire.
- Decolonization.
- France--Colonies--History.
- France.
- Colonies.
- History.
- France--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Decolonization--France--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book explores the link between metropolitan France and the empire at a defining moment in history. One of the most significant events of the twentieth century is the end of the empire, yet the importance of the empire in shaping contemporary France has traditionally been ignored by historians. By extending our perspective to empire, this book shows that the Popular Front marked the beginning of an irreversible process of reform that was ultimately to lead to decolonization and the end of empire.
- Contents:
- 1 The Politics of Failure: Historicising Popular Front Colonial Policy in French West Africa / Gary Wilder 33
- 2 Reforming Reformatory Technologies: The Example of New Caledonia / Don LaCoss 56
- 3 The Africanist International and the Popular Front / John Hargreaves 74
- 4 The Popular Front and Internationalism: The Tunisian Case in Comparative Perspective / Alejandro Colas 88
- 5 Protectorate, Association, Reformism: The Roots of the Popular Front's Republican Policy in Indochina / Gilles de Gantes 109
- 6 Reformism and the French 'Official Mind': The 1944 Brazzaville Conference and the Legacy of the Popular Front / Martin Shipway 131
- Part II Diversity of Outcomes
- 7 The Popular Front and the Colonial Question. French West Africa: An Example of Reformist Colonialism / Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch 155
- 8 Women, Children and the Popular Front's Mission of Inquiry in French West Africa / Ghislaine Lydon 170
- 9 Did the Popular Front Have Any Significant Impact in Guinee? / Michel Brot 188
- 10 Socialism in the Colonies: Cameroun Under the Popular Front / Jean Koufan 203
- 11 The Popular Front and the Blum-Viollette Plan, 1936-37 / France Tostain 218
- 12 The Popular Front's Colonial Policies in Indochina: Reassessing the Popular Front's 'Colonisation Altruiste' / Panivong Norindr 230.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312218265
- OCLC:
- 39886994
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