The French Imperial Nation-State
Negritude and Colonial Humanism between the Two World Wars
Gary Wilder(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2005
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-226-89772-1 (ISBN)
Description
France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of fierce public debate. "The French Imperial Nation-State" focuses on two intersecting movements that redefined imperial politics - colonial humanism, led by administrative reformers in West Africa, and the Paris-based Negritude project, comprising African and Caribbean elites. Gary Wilder develops a sophisticated account of the contradictory character of colonial government and examines the cultural nationalism of Negritude as a multifaceted movement rooted in an alternative black public sphere. He argues that interwar France must be understood as an imperial nation-state - an integrated sociopolitical system that linked a parliamentary republic to an administrative empire. An interdisciplinary study of colonial modernity combining French history, colonial studies, and social theory, The French Imperial Nation-State will compel readers to revise conventional assumptions about the distinctions between republicanism and racism, metropolitan and colonial societies, and national and transnational processes.
Reviews / Votes
"Thoroughly researched and astutely organized, The French Imperial Nation-State is an ambitious study and important project at the leading edge of contemporary historical writing. Wilder offers a new approach to the study of race, knowledge, and European colonialism that will surely take its place among the foremost contributions to this burgeoning field." - Daniel J. Sherman, author of The Construction of Memory in Interwar France"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 24 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-89772-1 (9780226897721)
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Wilder Gary Wilder
French Imperial Nation-State
Negritude and Colonial Humanism between the Two World Wars
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Person
Gary Wilder is associate professor of history at Pomona College.