The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics and SocietyThe French empire between the wars is the first study of the French colonial empire at its height in the twenty years following the First World War. Based on extensive archival research, it addresses current debates about French methods of rule and their impact on colonial peoples, the origins of decolonisation, and the role of popular imperialism in French society and culture. By considering the distinctiveness of the inter-war years as a discrete period of colonial change, this book addresses several larger issues, such as tracing the origins of decolonisation in the rise of colonial nationalism, and a re-assessment of the impact of inter-war colonial rebellions in Africa, Syria and Indochina. The book also connects French theories of colonial governance to the lived experience of colonial rule in a period scarred by war and economic dislocation. The author analyses colonial decision-making in Paris and the renewed threat of global war, as well as colonial economic conditions and forms of discrimination in the empire to illustrate the process of French imperial decline. |
Contents
Frances interwar empire a framework for analysis | 1 |
the French empire after | 17 |
Colonial planning and administrative practice | 54 |
complementarity | 93 |
Colonial economic demands and urban development | 125 |
Women and colonialism and colonial education | 151 |
Thinking imperially? Popular imperialism in France | 185 |
An empire in revolt? The Rif war the Syrian rebellion | 211 |
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The French empire between the wars: Imperialism, politics and society Martin Thomas Limited preview - 2017 |
The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics and Society Martin Thomas No preview available - 2007 |
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