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Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France & West Africa, 1895-1930
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Livre de Alice L. Conklin · 1 février 2000
Genre : HistoireThis 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 to 1930 - the author argues that the ideal of... Voir plus
