Races on display
Subtitle: French representations of colonized peoples 1886-1940
By: Dana S. Hale.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780253348548; 9780253218995
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. On the path to civilization, 1886-1913; title: Overseas empire and race during the Third Republic; title: Sub-Saharan Africans: "uncivilized types"; title: North Africans: mysterious peoples; title: Indochinese: gentle subjects; title: Children of France, 1914-1940; title: Introduction to Part 2.; title: Sub-Saharan Africans: la force noire; title: North Africans: fils aîné; title: Indochinese: fils doué; title: La mère-patrie and her colonial children: France on display.