TY - BOOK AU - Power,Thomas Francis TI - Jules Ferry and the Renaissance of French Imperialism SN - 9780231917209 PY - 1944///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - HISTORY / Europe / France KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Chapter Two. NATIONAL RIVALRIES AND THE ACQUISITION OF TUNISIA --; Chapter Three. HARVEST WITHOUT SOWING IN OCEANIA AND WEST AFRICA --; Chapter Four. EQUATORIAL AFRICA: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CONGO --; Chapter Five. MADAGASCAR AND THE AMBITIONS OF FRENCH COLONIALS --; Chapter Six. FRUSTRATION IN EGYPT --; Chapter Seven. EMPIRE AND WAR IN IN DO-CHIN A --; Chapter Eight. SUMMARY --; Appendix --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX --; VITA; restricted access N2 - Explores the driving forces of the great French expansionist movement in the early years of the Third Republic, focusing on the problem of the motives of Jules Ferry, the premier under whom the greatest expansion occurred in 1881 to 1885. It also attempts a reexamination of some of the commonly ascribed motives, particularly that of economic determinism UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/powe91720 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231885133.jpg ER -