A velvet empire : french informal imperialism in the nineteenth century /
"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...
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| Ձևաչափ: | Գիրք |
| Լեզու: | անգլերեն |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2021.
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| Շարք: | Histories of economic life
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| Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
| Ամփոփում: | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Նյութի նկարագրություն: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-329) and index. |
| Ֆիզիկական նկարագրություն: | xi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780691171838 |