French Colonial Empire and the Popular Front
Subtitle: Hope and Disillusion
Contributors: Tony Chafer (Editor); Amanda Sackur (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780312218263
Subjects: Colonies And Colonization; Political History; Political Science; History - General History; History: World; Europe - France; History / Europe / Western; Political Process - Leadership; Colonies; Decolonization; France; Front populaire; History; Influence
First sentence: In a speech on 'Republican colonial policy', made soon after he was appointed the Popular Front's Minister of Colonies, Marius Moutet affirmed France's commitment to a 'colonial policy of liberation' and a 'policy of humanism' that would be 'loyal to freedom, justice, humanity', and to 'the most beautiful traditions of liberalism and friendship between races'.