Races on display : French representations of colonized peoples, 1886-1940 / Dana S. Hale.

Author/creator Hale, Dana S.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 215 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects
Indigenous peoples in literature.
Indigenous peoples--Public opinion.
Public opinion--France.
France--History. --Third Republic, 1870-1940.
France--Colonies. --Africa.
France--Colonies. --Asia.
France--Foreign relations. --Africa.
France--Foreign relations. --Asia.

Contents Part 1. On the path to civilization, 1886-1913 -- Overseas empire and race during the Third Republic -- Sub-Saharan Africans: "uncivilized types" -- North Africans: mysterious peoples -- Indochinese: gentle subjects -- Part 2. Children of France, 1914-1940 -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Sub-Saharan Africans: la force noire -- North Africans: fils aîné -- Indochinese: fils doué -- La mère-patrie and her colonial children: France on display.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-206) and index.
LCCN 2007032950
ISBN9780253348548 (cloth)
ISBN0253348544 (cloth)
ISBN9780253218995 (pbk.)
ISBN0253218993 (pbk.)