The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics and Society

By considering the distinctiveness of the inter-war years as a discrete period of colonial change, this book addresses several larger issues, such as tracing the origins of decolonization in the rise of colonial nationalism, and a re-assessment of the impact of inter-war colonial rebellions in Africa, Syria and Indochina. The book also connects French theories of colonial governance to the lived experience of colonial rule in a period scarred by war and economic dislocation.


Author: Martin Thomas
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 04/25/2007
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780719077555
ISBN10: 0719077559
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | France
- History | World | General

About the Author
Martin Thomas is lecturer in European History at the University of Exeter.