Cultured Force: Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire - Softcover

Singer, Barnett; Langdon, John W.

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9780299199043: Cultured Force: Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire
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ISBN 10: 0299199045 ISBN 13: 9780299199043
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008

Synopsis

Bridging gaps between intellectual history, biography, and military/colonial history, Barnett Singer and John Langdon provide a challenging, readable interpretation of French imperialism and some of its leading figures from the early modern era through the Fifth Republic.  They ask us to rethink and reevaluate, pulling away from the usual shoal of simplistic condemnation.  In a series of finely-etched biographical studies, and with much detail on both imperial culture and wars (including World War I and II), they offer a balanced, deep, strong portrait of key makers and defenders of the French Empire, one that will surely stimulate much historical work in the field.

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About the Authors

Barnett Singer is professor emeritus of history at Brock University, and his books include Modern France: Mind, Politics, Society and Village Notables in Nineteenth-Century France.



John Langdon is professor of history at Le Moyne College and author of July 1914 and coauthor with Edward H. Judge of A Hard and Bitter Peace and The Cold War: A History Through Documents.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0299199045
ISBN 13 
9780299199043
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
483
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