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Vestiges of Colonial Empire in France

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  1. Robert Aldrich

    1. University of Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Sites of Colonial Memory

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Colonies in Paris

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 21-75

  4. The Colonies in the Provinces

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 76-104

  5. Colonial War Memorials

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 105-156

  6. Of Men and Monuments

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 157-195

  7. The Colonies in Museums

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 196-244

  8. The Colonial Legacy of Non-Western Art in French Museums

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 245-290

  9. Temporary Exhibitions: Changing Perspectives

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 291-327

  10. Conclusion: The Future of the Colonial Past

    • Robert Aldrich
    Pages 328-334

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 335-383
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About this book

This book offers the first comprehensive study of 'sites of memory' in France connected to the history of French imperialism and colonialism, and the ways that the French have remembered or forgotten their colonial past. Through a study of monuments, memorials, museum collections and other 'sites of memory' in France connected with France's overseas empire this book analyzes the way in which French authorities marked the Paris and provincial landscapes with these reminders of France's colonial 'mission' during the period of imperial expansion, and the fate of these sites in the post-colonial period and what that evolution reveals about French memory and amnesia of the colonial epoch.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sydney, Australia

    Robert Aldrich

About the author

ROBERT ALDRICH is Lecturer in Modern French History and Colonial History at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of The French in the South Pacific, 1840-1940, France and the South Pacific since 1940, Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion and Colonialism and Homosexuality.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Vestiges of Colonial Empire in France

  • Authors: Robert Aldrich

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230005525

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3370-6Published: 10 December 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51679-7Published: 01 January 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-00552-5Published: 10 December 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 383

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, History of France, Architecture, general

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