Race and war in France : colonial subjects in the French army, 1914-1918 / Richard S. Fogarty.
Race and war in France : colonial subjects in the French army, 1914-1918 / Richard S. Fogarty.
Race and war in France : colonial subjects in the French army, 1914-1918 / Richard S. Fogarty.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008.
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N940.41244/4
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English
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Physical content
ix, 374 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Reservoirs of men -- Race and the deployment of troupes indigènes -- Hierarchies of rank, hierarchies of race -- Race and language in the French army -- Islam in the French army -- Race, sex, and imperial anxieties -- Between subjects and citizens.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"Using the experiences of African and Asian colonial soldiers, Richard S. Fogarty examines how tensions between racial prejudices and strong traditions of republican universalism and egalitarianism resulted in often contradictory and paradoxical policies. Employing a socially and culturally integrated approach to the history of warfare - connecting...
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Race and war in France : colonial subjects in the French army, 1914-1918 / Richard S. Fogarty.
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War, society, culture.
War/society/culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-367) and index.
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c2008.
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N940.41244/4
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74VM4JAr8jLX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4JAr8jLX
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ISBN
0801888247 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780801888243 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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940.41244
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991001384339702626
