A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930
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This book addresses a central but often ignored question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: How did the Third Republic, highly regarded for its professed democratic values, allow itself to be seduced by the insidious and persistent appeal of a "civilizing" ideology with distinct racist overtones? By focusing on a particular group of colonial officials in a specific setting--the governors general of French West Africa from 1895...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0804740127
ISBN13:9780804740128
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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