Mission to Civilize; The French Way

ROSENBLUM, Mort

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ISBN 10: 0151605807 ISBN 13: 9780151605804

Published by Harcourt, San Diego, 1986

Language: English

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470pp. 8vo, 1/2 original blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, ex-lib. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, (1986).

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Mission to Civilize; The French Way

Publisher

Harcourt, San Diego

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0151605807

ISBN 13

9780151605804

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hardcover

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First.

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Characterizes the French way of seeing the world and probes the effects of France's age-old ability to fashion itself as a civilizing force

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This book provides a well-informed and highly readable account of the French empire over the centuries. In an era when most other empires have collapsed, the French have succeeded in maintaining much of the reality of their empire even though formal sovereignty has passed to the hands of local governments. Privileged economic, political, and military ties with former colonies are reinforced by lingering cultural ties in former French possessions that received independence decades or even centuries ago. Rosenblum, an American journalist in Paris, shows how the French emphasis on civilizing rather than colonizing has made France a cultural superpower. There is pretense and hypocrisy in this continuing empire, but also desirable self-esteem and pride in France's mission civilisatrice . Frank L. Wilson, Political Science Dept., Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, Ind.
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