A velvet empire : French informal imperialism in the nineteenth century /

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"After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. A Velvet Empire is a new global history of French imperialism in the nineteenth century, providing new insights into the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Todd, David, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Colección:Histories of economic life.
Temas:
1800-1899
HISTORY / Europe / France
Commerce
Diplomatic relations
French colonies
International economic relations
Politics and government
France > Foreign relations > 19th century.
France > Politics and government > 19th century.
France > Colonies > History > 19th century.
France > Foreign economic relations > 19th century.
France > Commerce > History > 19th century.
France > Relations extérieures > 19e siècle.
France > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
France > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siècle.
France > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle.
France
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Forgotten Empire
  • Counter-Revolutionary Empire
  • Collaborative Empire
  • 1. Empire without Sovereignty: The Political Economy of French Informal Imperialism
  • Talleyrand's Imperial Vision
  • The Invention of Neo-Colonialism
  • Celebrating European Civilization
  • Saint-Simonian Economics and Empire
  • A French Imperialism of Free Trade
  • A Turn to Formal Empire
  • 2. Algeria, Informal Empire Manqué
  • The Ideological Origins of French Algeria
  • The Bourbon Restoration's Colonial Scheme
  • The Politics and Geopolitics of the 1830 Expedition
  • Collaboration with 'Abd al-Qadir
  • Economic Failure
  • The Arab Kingdom, a Failed Revival of Informal Empire
  • 3. Champagne Capitalism: The Commodification of Luxury and the French Empire of Taste
  • The Acceleration of Globalization in France
  • The Banality of Luxury
  • Foundations of Neo-Courtly Economic Growth
  • The Global Commodification of French Taste
  • The Imperialism of the Empire of Taste
  • 4. Conquest by Money: The Geopolitics and Logistics of Investment Colonization
  • The Global Scale of French Foreign Lending
  • Debt and Empire in French Political Economy
  • The Haitian Origins of French Capital Exports
  • Conquest by Money in the Middle East
  • Financial Imperial Overreach in Mexico
  • 5. Agents of Informal Empire: French Expatriates and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Egypt
  • French Imperial Expatriates
  • The Colony's Influence
  • A French Legal Borderland
  • The Imperial Profits of Extraterritoriality
  • The Crisis of French Extraterritoriality in Egypt
  • End of French Ascendancy
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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