| Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina: A Colonial Roadshow Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Ponsavady, Stephanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030068757 ISBN-13: 9783030068752 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 809 |
| Physical Information: 230 pages |
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| Publisher Description: How are the pleasures and thrills of the automobile linked to France's history of conquest, colonialism, and exploitation in Southeast Asia? Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina addresses the contradictions of the "progress" of French colonialism and their consequences through the lens of the automobile. St phanie Ponsavady examines the development of transportation systems in French Indochina at the turn of the twentieth century, analyzing archival material and French and Vietnamese literature to critically assess French colonialism. |