Colonial Food in Interwar Paris: The Taste of Empire

by Lauren Janes

Book Overview

In the wake of the First World War, in which France suffered severe food shortages, colonial produce became an increasingly important element of the French diet. The colonial lobby seized upon these foodstuffs as powerful symbols of the importance of the colonial project to the life of the French nation. But how was colonial food really received by the French public? And what does this tell us about the place of empire in French society?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350045683
• ISBN13: 9781350045682
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"