Empire and Culture: The French Experience, 1830-1940

by Martin Marix Evans and Amanda Sackur

By 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349419028
• ISBN13: 9781349419029
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"