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The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization? /
In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under Fren...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Berg,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under French control. The process of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied, but much less has been written about decolonization in France's largest colony, French West Africa. Here, the Frenc h approach was regarded as exemplary -- that is, a smooth transition successfully managed. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845206307 1845206304 1845206312 9781845206314 |