The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics and Society

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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. Front matter Contents List of maps and tables General editor's introduction Preface and acknowledgements List of abbreviations Glossary of terms Maps Introduction: France’s inter-war empire: a framework for analysis PART I: The setting: politics and colonial administration after the First World War Consolidation and expansion: the French empire after the First World War Colonial planning and administrative practice PART II An empire for the masses? Economy, colonial society and popular imperialism The empire and the French economy: complementarity or divorce? Colonial economic demands and urban development in North Africa Women and colonialism and colonial education ‘Thinking imperially’? Popular imperialism in France PART III An empire in trouble: opposition, revolt and war An empire in revolt? The Rif war, the Syrian rebellion, Yen Bay and the Kongo Wara Anti-colonial nationalism: The examples of Algeria and Tunisia Reform frustrated: the Popular Front experiment and the French empire Approaching war: the empire and international crisis in the 1930s Conclusion: Prelude to decolonisation? The inter-war empire revisited Bibliography Index