{"product_id":"french-colonialism-unmasked-ruth-ginio-9780803217461","title":"French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West Africa","description":"Before the Vichy regime, there was ostensibly only one France and one form of colonialism for French West Africa (FWA). World War II and the division of France into two ideological camps, each asking for legitimacy from the colonized, opened for Africans numerous unprecedented options. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrench Colonialism Unmasked\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes three dramatic years in the history of FWA, from 1940 to 1943, in which the Vichy regime tried to impose the ideology of the National Revolution in the region. Ruth Ginio shows how this was a watershed period in the history of the region by providing an in-depth examination of the Vichy colonial visions and practices in FWA. She describes the intriguing encounters between the colonial regime and African society along with the responses of different sectors in the African population to the Vichy policy. Although \u003ci\u003eFrench Colonialism Unmasked\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on one region within the French Empire, it has relevance to French colonial history in general by providing one of the missing pieces in research on Vichy colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Ginio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803217463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803217461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Ruth Ginio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120241963263,"sku":"9780803217461","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce6f8386-2482-464b-ad37-29ec30fd0c7c.jpg?v=1687413266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/french-colonialism-unmasked-ruth-ginio-9780803217461","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}