Book chapter
The Colonial Exposition (1931)
Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution, pp.209-216
Indiana University Press
12/02/2013
Abstract
From the early days of the Third Republic until 1931, the perception of overseas territories occupied by soldiers, settlers, and French administrators in metropolitan France was founded on the received idea that these territories and their inhabitants were part of an imperial entity: “Greater France.”¹ This perception resulted from a set of projects highlighting the material benefits the overseas territories brought to the daily lives of the French. If the era of colonization is often presented as the crowning moment of the Republic, it is because of a concerted campaign on its behalf within popular culture, and because public expositions
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Colonial Exposition (1931)
- Creators
- Steven Ungar
- Contributors
- Pascal Blanchard (Editor)Sandrine Lemaire (Editor)Nicolas Bancel (Editor)Dominic Thomas (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution, pp.209-216
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/02/2013
- Academic Unit
- Cinematic Arts; French and Italian
- Record Identifier
- 9984397915402771
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