Assimilation and empire : uniformity in French and British colonies, 1541-1954 / Saliha Belmessous.
Assimilation and empire : uniformity in French and British colonies, 1541-1954 / Saliha Belmessous.
Assimilation and empire : uniformity in French and British colonies, 1541-1954 / Saliha Belmessous.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Date
2013.
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G 2014/4025 , H 2014/3522
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Assimilation in early modern French America : from francisation to racialism -- Assimilation in the nineteenth-century British Empire : the rule of law as an engine of civilization -- Assimilation against colonialism : the struggle of the Muslim natives in French Algeria.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
"Assimilation was an ideology central to European expansion and colonisation, an ideology which legitimised colonisation for centuries. Assimilation and Empire shows that the aspiration for assimilation was not only driven by materialistic reasons, but was also motivated by ideas. The engine of assimilation was found in the combination of two power...
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Full title
Assimilation and empire : uniformity in French and British colonies, 1541-1954 / Saliha Belmessous.
Spine title
Assimilation & empire.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-223) and index.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2014/3522 : Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2013.
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G 2014/4025 , H 2014/3522
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74VKvb2P4eNZ
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ISBN
0199579164 (hbk.)
9780199579167 (hbk.)
DDC
909.09712
MMS ID
991021646209702626
