The French Colonial Mind, Volume 2: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism

Violence was prominent in France's conquest of a colonial empire, and the use of force was integral to its control and regulation of colonial territories. What, if anything, made such violence distinctly colonial? And how did its practitioners justify or explain it? These are issues at the heart of The French Colonial Mind: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism. The second of two linked volumes, this book brings together prominent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803220944
• ISBN13: 9780803220942
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"