Civilizing mission
Subtitle: exact sciences and French overseas expansion, 1830-1940
By: Lewis Pyenson.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Science -- France -- History -- 19th century.; Science -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Description: For review see: Wim van de Schoor, in Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis, jrg. 109, nr. 1 (1996); p. 117-118.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-359) and index.