A velvet empire : French informal imperialism in the nineteenth century
1. Empire without sovereignty: the political economy of French informal imperialism -- 2. Algeria, informal empire manqué -- 3. Champagne capitalism: the commodification of luxury and the French empire of taste -- 4. Conquest by money: the geopolitics and logistics of investment colonization -- 5. A...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Princeton Oxford : Princeton University Press,
2021
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| Titres liés à la collection: | Histories of economic life
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| Sujets: | Imperialismus Kolonialismus Globalisierung Außenhandel Wirtschaftsgeschichte Frankreich Diplomatic relations Electronic books Außenbeziehungen Kolonie |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 350 Seiten) |
| Résumé: | 1. Empire without sovereignty: the political economy of French informal imperialism -- 2. Algeria, informal empire manqué -- 3. Champagne capitalism: the commodification of luxury and the French empire of taste -- 4. Conquest by money: the geopolitics and logistics of investment colonization -- 5. Agents of informal empire: French expatriates and extraterritorial jurisdiction in Egypt. "After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. A Velvet Empire is a new global history of French imperialism in the nineteenth century, providing new insights into the mechanisms of imperial collaboration that extended France's power from the Middle East to Latin America and ushered in the modern age of globalization." |
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| Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 287-329 Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 350 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9780691205342 0691205345 9780691171838 0691171831 9780691205335 0691205337 |