{"product_id":"french-imperial-nation-state","title":"French Imperial Nation-State","description":"France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of fierce public debate. \"The French Imperial Nation-State\" 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. Gary 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, The French Imperial Nation-State will compel readers to revise conventional assumptions about the distinctions between republicanism and racism, metropolitan and colonial societies, and national and transnational processes.","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251224170840,"sku":"9780226897721","price":106.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/french-imperial-nation-state","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}