Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 219 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783030958886
Series Statement:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century and the French Context -- Empires and the Imperial Imaginary -- The Interplay Between Liberalism and Imperialism -- 2 Rethinking the French Second Empire: New Bonapartism, Liberal Voices and Imperial Languages -- Napoleon III, the Empire and the Nation -- The Emperor and New Bonapartism -- Empire and Nation -- Liberal Voices in an 'Illiberal Democracy' -- The Group of Five -- Other Liberal Voices -- Censorship and Freedom of the Press -- Overseas Ventures and Imperial Languages -- Civilisation -- Glory and Greatness -- 3 The Nation Abroad?: Algeria and French Colonialism in the 1860s -- Politics of Assimilation and Rights of Representation -- Industrial Production and Economic Strength -- Algeria's Economic Appeal -- Industrial Production -- Investments and Labour -- The Crescent Under the Sign of the Cross -- Further Evangelisation -- Girardin and the Link Between 'Two Worlds' -- 4 The Search for World Prestige in Cochinchina -- 'Base Du Génie Rayonnant De La France': Cochinchina and Fascination with the Empire -- A Golden Opportunity for Trade -- Cochinchina and the Protection of Christian Missionaries -- 5 Mexico and French Visions of the Empire's 'Greatest Thought' -- The Principle of Non-intervention and the 'Right of Nations' -- International Law and Non-intervention -- On Mexico -- A Central Issue -- Towards Failure -- 'Arrêtez-vous!' Mexico and France's Financial Stability -- Religion and Culture -- 6 Conclusion -- Political Spheres and Mutual Influences -- Imperial Ventures -- Liberals and the Empire -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030958879
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe De la Rosa, Miquel French liberalism and imperialism in the age of Napoleon III Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 ISBN 9783030958879
Language:
English
Keywords:
Frankreich
;
Liberalismus
;
Kolonialismus
;
Imperialismus
;
Geschichte 1850-1870
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