A Velvet Empire by David Todd
How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth centuryAfter Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. A Velvet Empire is a new global history of French imperialism in the nineteenth c
"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
"Winner of the Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association"
"[A] necessary reappraisal of French imperialism, a velvet empire indeed"---Francis Ghiles, Arab Weekly
"Skillfully organized and enjoyable to read, A Velvet Empire is a must read for historians of modern France and 19th-century colonialism." * Choice Reviews *
"A must-read for general readers and scholars interested in the evolution of French imperialism in the XIX century."---Giampaolo Conte, The Journal of European Economic History
"A Velvet Empire makes a compelling case for informal empire as a core principle of French global expansion in the mid-nineteenth century . . . It situates an understudied period, long seen as an outlier, within the imperial longue durée, and its deft analysis of the interrelationship between foreign policy, economic actors, and culture will offer a useful road map for scholars exploring similar questions from different perspectives."---Maureen DeNino, Nineteenth-Century French Studies
"Winner of the Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association"
"[A] necessary reappraisal of French imperialism, a velvet empire indeed"---Francis Ghiles, Arab Weekly
"Skillfully organized and enjoyable to read, A Velvet Empire is a must read for historians of modern France and 19th-century colonialism." * Choice Reviews *
"A must-read for general readers and scholars interested in the evolution of French imperialism in the XIX century."---Giampaolo Conte, The Journal of European Economic History
"A Velvet Empire makes a compelling case for informal empire as a core principle of French global expansion in the mid-nineteenth century . . . It situates an understudied period, long seen as an outlier, within the imperial longue durée, and its deft analysis of the interrelationship between foreign policy, economic actors, and culture will offer a useful road map for scholars exploring similar questions from different perspectives."---Maureen DeNino, Nineteenth-Century French Studies
David Todd is senior lecturer in world history at King's College London. His books include Free Trade and Its Enemies in France, 1814–1851.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691171838 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691171831 |
| Title | A Velvet Empire |
| Author | David Todd |
| Series | Histories Of Economic Life |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2021-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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