The Politics of Imperial Memory in France, 1850–1900 / / Christina B. Carroll.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Carroll, Christina B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.) :; 6 b&w halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Note on Translation and Transliteration --; Introduction: Empires, Republics, and French Political Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century --; 1. The Second Empire’s Imperial Ideologies in Mexico and Algeria --; 2. Redefining Republic and Empire in France after 1870–71 --; 3. Creating a Republican Algeria --; 4. Expeditions and Expansion between Algeria and Senegal --; 5. New Colonial Vocabularies and Overseas Conquest in Vietnam --; 6. Defending a “Colonial Empire” in Republican France --; Conclusion: The Imperial Paradoxes of French Republicanism --; List of Abbreviations --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501763120; 9783110751826; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110992960; 9783110992939
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501763120
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christina B. Carroll.

By highlighting the connections between domestic political struggles and overseas imperial structures, The Politics of Imperial Memory in France, 1850–1900 explains how and why French Republicans embraced colonial conquest as a central part of their political platform. Christina B. Carroll explores the meaning and value of empire in late-nineteenth-century France, arguing that ongoing disputes about the French state's political organization intersected with racialized beliefs about European superiority over colonial others in French imperial thought arguing that debates over empire had direct consequences for France's domestic politics. For much of this period, French writers and politicians did not always differentiate between continental and colonial empire. By employing a range of sources—from newspapers and pamphlets to textbooks and novels—Carroll demonstrates that the memory of older continental imperial models shaped French understandings of, and justifications for, their new colonial empire. She shows that the slow identification of the two types of empire occurred due to a politicized campaign led by colonial advocates who sought to defend overseas expansion against their opponents. This new model of colonial empire was shaped by a complicated set of influences, including political conflict, the legacy of both Napoleons, international competition, racial science, and French experiences in the colonies. The Politics of Imperial Memory in France, 1850–1900 skillfully weaves together its wide-ranging source base to articulate how the meaning and history of empire became deeply intertwined with the meaning and history of the French nation.