{"product_id":"empire-and-culture-the-french-experience-1830-1940-hardcover","title":"Empire and Culture: The French Experience, 1830-1940 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1931, the time of the huge Colonial Exhibition in Paris, France had the second largest empire in the world extending to the four corners of the globe. Yet, intriguingly the multi-various impact of the empire upon French culture and society has been largely ignored by historians. This volume aims to redress this balance and will explore how the idea of empire was expressed in film, photography, painting and monuments. It analyzes how the image of the universal, civilising mission saturated French society during the first half of the Twentieth century. In particular it examines how the subject peoples of the empire were represented in art and fiction. In this way the volume underlines that there was not just one single image of empire but many ranging from the extreme right to the extreme left. It contains an in-depth consideration not just of the triumphalist images of empire but the oppositional ones, most notably the surrealists, which directly challenged the emergent colonial consensus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARTIN EVANS is Reader in Contemporary History at the University of Portsmouth. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Memory of Resistance: French Opposition to the Algerian War 1954-62\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford: Berg, 1997) and the co-author (with Emmanuel Godin) of \u003cem\u003eFrance 1815-2003\u003c\/em\u003e (London: Edward Arnold, 2004). He is also the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eWar and Memory in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford: Berg, 1997) and \u003cem\u003eThe Algerian War and the French Army: Experiences, Images, Testimonies\u003c\/em\u003e (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). He is presently writing a history of contemporary Algeria to be published by Yale University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.8 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134803611728,"sku":"9780333791813","price":185.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/QktyWWpSdVkyMUJBYVJHSTdlSDlLQT09.webp?v=1773805859","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/empire-and-culture-the-french-experience-1830-1940-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}