In this Book
- French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West Africa
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
- Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series
French Colonialism Unmasked 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 French Colonialism Unmasked 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.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- p. viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xviii
- PART I: French West Africa and Its Place in the Vichy Colonial Idea
- PART II: The National Revolution in French West Africa
- Conclusions
- pp. 183-189
- Bibliography
- pp. 213-229