| The French Imperial Nation-State: Negritude and Colonial Humanism Between the Two World Wars Contributor(s): Wilder, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226897729 ISBN-13: 9780226897721 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Europe - France - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 323.109 |
| LCCN: 2005008094 |
| Physical Information: 1.99" H x 6.16" W x 9.42" (1.56 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of 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. |
