| A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930 Contributor(s): Conklin, Alice L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804729999 ISBN-13: 9780804729994 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: 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? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - History | World - General - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 325.320 |
| LCCN: 97009868 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.36" W x 9.37" (1.60 lbs) 446 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - West Africa - Cultural Region - African |