French Colonialism From the Ancien Régime to the Present |
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Author:
| Smith, Leonard V. |
Series title: | New Approaches to European History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-108-79915-7 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2023 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $43.95 |
Book Description:
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Over more than four centuries, the French empire explained itself in many different ways through many different colonial regimes. This narrative history recounts the unique origins and purposes of the French empire, through to the numberless traces that remain both in the former colonies and in today's French Republic.
Over more than four centuries, the French empire explained itself in many different ways through many different colonial regimes. This narrative history recounts the unique origins and purposes of the French empire, through to the numberless traces that remain both in the former colonies and in today's French Republic.