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Anthropology, colonial policy and the decline of French empire in Africa /

Conceived as both a vehicle to national prestige and as a civilizing mission, the second French colonial empire (1830-1962) challenged soldiers, scholars and administrators to understand societies radically different from their own. The resultant networks of anthropological inquiry, however, did not...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leonard, Douglas W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Subjects:
Imperialism > Social aspects > France > History.
Imperialism > Government policy > France > History.
Nationalism > France > History.
France > Colonies > Africa > History > 19th century.
France > Colonies > Africa > History > 20th century.
Africa > Colonization > History > 19th century.
Africa > Colonization > History > 20th century.
France > History > Third Republic, 1870-1940.

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