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Narratives of the French empire : fiction, nostalgia, and imperial rivalries, 1784 to the present /
Using fiction as a historical source, this study investigates how the French empire was construed and infused with meaning at three historical moments: 1784, 1835, and 1938. Showing how literary and more general conceptions of French colonialism were influenced by an awareness of how rival European...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2013]
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| Colección: | After the empire.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Using fiction as a historical source, this study investigates how the French empire was construed and infused with meaning at three historical moments: 1784, 1835, and 1938. Showing how literary and more general conceptions of French colonialism were influenced by an awareness of how rival European powers had negotiated conquest and disengagement from empire, it illustrates how perceived loss and nostalgia for imperial pasts helped shape the French colonial enterprise across its various manifestations. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 131 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-126) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739176573 0739176579 1306202922 9781306202923 |