European University Institute Library

The French empire between the wars, imperialism, politics and society, Martin Thomas

Label
The French empire between the wars, imperialism, politics and society, Martin Thomas
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The French empire between the wars
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Martin Thomas
Series statement
MUP - Manchester Studies in Imperialism
Sub title
imperialism, politics and society
Table Of Contents
Introduction : France's inter-war empire : a framework for analysis -- Pt. I. setting : politics and colonial administration after the First World War --1 . Consolidation and expansion : the French empire after the First World War -- 2. Colonial planning and administrative practice -- Pt. II. empire for the masses? : economy, colonial society and popular imperialism -- 3. empire and the French economy: complementarity or divorce? -- 4. Colonial economic demands and urban development in North Africa -- 5. Women and colonialism and colonial education -- 6. 'Thinking imperially'? : popular imperialism in France -- Pt. III. empire in trouble : opposition, revolt and war -- 7. empire in revolt? The Rif war, the Syrian rebellion, Yen Bay and the Kongo Wara -- 8. Anti-colonial nationalism : the examples of Algeria and Tunisia -- 9. Reform frustrated : the popular front experiment and the French empire -- 10. Approaching war : the empire and international crisis in the 1930s --Conclusion : prelude to decolonisation? The inter-war empire revisited
Content