| Titre : |
A mission to civilize : the republican idea of empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930 / |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Alice L. Conklin |
| Editeur : |
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press |
| Année de publication : |
1997 |
| Importance : |
x, 367 p. |
| Présentation : |
ill., maps |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
0-8047-2999-9 |
| Index. décimale : |
960 CON |
| Résumé : |
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 to 1930 - the author argues that the ideal of a special civilizing mission had a decisive impact on colonial policymaking and on the evolution of modern French republicanism generally. |
A mission to civilize : the republican idea of empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930 / [texte imprimé] / Alice L. Conklin . - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1997 . - x, 367 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ISBN : 0-8047-2999-9
| Index. décimale : |
960 CON |
| Résumé : |
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 to 1930 - the author argues that the ideal of a special civilizing mission had a decisive impact on colonial policymaking and on the evolution of modern French republicanism generally. |
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