Overview
- Compares British and French colonialism from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century
- Unites Francophone and Anglophone historians to speak both to British imperial historians and a wider international readership
- Presents a broad range of Anglo-French connections, including in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the Middle East, at sea, in imperial administration and during World War II and decolonization
Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Empire at Sea
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the connections between the British Empire and French colonialism in war, peace and the various stages of competitive cooperation between, in which the two empires were often frères ennemis. It argues that in crucial ways the British and French colonial empires influenced each other. Chapters in the volume consider the two empires' connections in North, West and Central Africa, as well as their entanglement at sea in the Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf and South China Sea. Also analysed are their mutual engagement with Islam in both the Hajj and various religiously inflected colonial revolts, their mutually-informed systems of administration in the New Hebrides and generally, and the interconnected ways the two empires fought World War II and decolonization. By uniting historians of France and her colonies with historians of Britain and her colonies, this volume speaks to a broad international and imperial history audience.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
James R. Fichter is Associate Professor of European Studies at the University of Hong Kong. His next book, Suez Passage to India: Britain, France, and the Great Game at Sea, 1798-1885, examines the Anglo-French relationship in Asia as mediated by the Suez Canal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: British and French Colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Book Subtitle: Connected Empires across the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
Editors: James R. Fichter
Series Title: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97964-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97963-2Published: 14 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97964-9Published: 02 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2635-1633
Series E-ISSN: 2635-1641
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 353
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, History of France, History of Britain and Ireland, World History, Global and Transnational History