An empire divided
Subtitle: religion, republicanism, and the making of French colonialism, 1880-1914
By: J.P. Daughton.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780195305302
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Missions -- France -- Colonies; Catholic Church -- Missions -- Indochina -- History; Catholic Church -- Missions -- French Polynesia; Catholic Church -- Missions -- Madagascar -- History; Missions, French -- History; Republicanism -- France -- History; Missions, French -- Indochina -- History; Missions, French -- French Polynesia; Missions, French -- Madagascar -- History
Description: Between 1880 and 1914, tens of thousands of men and women left France for distant religious missions, driven by the desire to spread the word of Jesus Christ, combat Satan, and convert the world's pagans to Catholicism. But they were not the only ones with eyes fixed on foreign shores. Just as the Catholic missionary movement reached its apex, the young, staunchly secular Third Republic launched the most aggressive campaign of colonial expansion in French history. Missionaries and republicans abroad knew they had much to gain from working together, but their starkly different motivations regul.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of California, Berkeley, 2002) presented under the title: The civilizing mission: missionaries, colonialists, and French identity, 1885--1914.