{"product_id":"the-french-imperial-nation-state-gary-wilder-9780226897684","title":"The French Imperial Nation-State: Negritude and Colonial Humanism Between the Two World Wars","description":"France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of public debate.\u003ci\u003e The French Imperial Nation-State\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on two intersecting movements that redefined imperial politics--colonial humanism led by administrative reformers in West Africa and the Paris-based Negritude project, comprising African and Caribbean elites. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGary Wilder develops a sophisticated account of the contradictory character of colonial government and examines the cultural nationalism of Negritude as a multifaceted movement rooted in an alternative black public sphere. He argues that interwar France must be understood as an imperial nation-state--an integrated sociopolitical system that linked a parliamentary republic to an administrative empire. An interdisciplinary study of colonial modernity combining French history, colonial studies, and social theory, \u003ci\u003eThe French Imperial Nation-State \u003c\/i\u003ewill compel readers to revise conventional assumptions about the distinctions between republicanism and racism, metropolitan and colonial societies, and national and transnational processes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Wilder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226897680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226897684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 5.92w x 0.96d","brand":"Gary Wilder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756440875263,"sku":"9780226897684","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73243eaf-0f79-4c2b-a1f4-e1b166f10938.jpg?v=1706592997","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-french-imperial-nation-state-gary-wilder-9780226897684","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}