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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| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2021.
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| Serie: | Histories of economic life
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Sommario:
- 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.