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The French Colonial Mind, Volume 2: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism
Martin Thomas
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Description for The French Colonial Mind, Volume 2: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism
Paperback. Explores the many ways in which brutality and killing became central to the French experience and management of empire Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 graph, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Violence was prominent in France’s conquest of a colonial empire, and the use of force was integral to its control and regulation of colonial territories. What, if anything, made such violence distinctly colonial? And how did its practitioners justify or explain it? These are issues at the heart of The French Colonial Mind: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism. The second of two linked volumes, this book brings together prominent scholars of French colonial history to explore the many ways in which brutality and killing became central to the French experience and management of empire.
Sometimes concealed or denied, at ... Read more
Violence was prominent in France’s conquest of a colonial empire, and the use of force was integral to its control and regulation of colonial territories. What, if anything, made such violence distinctly colonial? And how did its practitioners justify or explain it? These are issues at the heart of The French Colonial Mind: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism. The second of two linked volumes, this book brings together prominent scholars of French colonial history to explore the many ways in which brutality and killing became central to the French experience and management of empire.
Sometimes concealed or denied, at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803220942
SKU
V9780803220942
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About Martin Thomas
Martin Thomas is a professor of colonial history at Exeter University. He is the author of several books, including The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics, and Society and Empires of Intelligence: Security Services and Colonial Disorder after 1914. Contributors include William Gallois, Bertrand Taithe, Michael Vann, Joshua Cole, Samuel Kalman, Kim Munholland, Owen White, Joe Lunn, Martin Alexander, Neil ... Read more
Reviews for The French Colonial Mind, Volume 2: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism
"Edited by Martin Thomas, it gathers contributions from well- and lesser-known scholars of French colonial history alike... The French Colonial Mind is a well-conceived and well-executed edited collection. It is undoubtedly a significant work, being of interest to both scholars of French colonial history and of those looking to improve their understanding of the ways in which imperial thinking shaped ... Read more