The French empire between the wars

Imperialism, politics and society

By (author) Martin Thomas

Paperback - £25.00

Publication date:

25 April 2007

Length of book:

408 pages

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Dimensions:

234x156mm

ISBN-13: 9780719077555

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.