Velvet Empire (eBook)

French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century

David Todd (Autor)

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2021
368 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20534-2 (ISBN)

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How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth centuryAfter Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. A Velvet Empire is a global history of French imperialism in the nineteenth century, providing new insights into the mechanisms of imperial collaboration that extended France's power from the Middle East to Latin America and ushered in the modern age of globalization.David Todd shows how French elites pursued a cunning strategy of imperial expansion in which conspicuous commodities such as champagne and silk textiles, together with loans to client states, contributed to a global campaign of seduction. French imperialism was no less brutal than that of the British. But while Britain widened its imperial reach through settler colonialism and the acquisition of far-flung territories, France built a velvet empire backed by frequent military interventions and a broadening extraterritorial jurisdiction. Todd demonstrates how France drew vast benefits from these asymmetric, imperial-like relations until a succession of setbacks around the world brought about their unravelling in the 1870s.A Velvet Empire sheds light on France's neglected contribution to the conservative reinvention of modernity and offers a new interpretation of the resurgence of French colonialism on a global scale after 1880. This panoramic book also highlights the crucial role of collaboration among European empires during this periodincluding archrivals Britain and Franceand cooperation with indigenous elites in facilitating imperial expansion and the globalization of capitalism.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Histories of Economic Life
• Reihe/Serie: Histories of Economic Life
• Zusatzinfo: 15 b/w illus. 2 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: abolitionism • Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • Alexis de Tocqueville • Algeria • Alice Conklin • American Empire • American imperialism • A Mission to Civilize • Ancien Régime • Anglo-French relations • Annexation • Anti-Imperialism • Avengers of the New World • Bourbon Restoration • Bourgeoisie • British Empire • British Imperialism • By Sword and Plow • Cambridge University Press • Capitalism • Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord • Civilization • Client state • Colonial empire • Colonialism • Colonization • colony • commodification • Commodity • Corn Laws • counter-revolutionary • Daniel Immerwahr • Diplomacy • École Normale Supérieure • Economic Development • Economic Growth • Economic Integration • Economics • Egypt • egyptian government • Emigration • Europe • European University Institute • expansionism • Expatriate • Extraterritoriality • Finance • First French Empire • Free Trade • French Algeria • French colonial empire • French Consulate • French Emigration (1789–1815) • Geopolitics • Globalization • Government Debt • Government of France • Great Power • Haiti • Haitian Revolution • Harvard University • Historiography • history of empire • History of Globalization • How to Hide an Empire • imperialism • imperial liberalism • industrialisation • Informal Empire • Investor • Jean-Baptiste Say • Jennifer Sessions • Jeremy Adelman • Jews • John Darwin • Johns Hopkins University • July Monarchy • king's college london • Latin America • Laurent Dubois • Louis Philippe I • Maximilian I of Mexico • Metropolitan France • Mexico • Migrations • military occupation • Mixed Economy • Modernity • Monarchy • Napoleon • Napoleon III • Niall Ferguson • North Africa • Opium • Ottoman Empire • Physiocracy • Piracy • Political Economy • Politician • Politics • Politique • Prince de Talleyrand • Princeton University Press • protectionism • Racism • Republicanism • ridicule • Saint-Domingue • Saint-Simonianism • Second Opium War • Seminar • Settler Colonialism • Slavery • Sovereignty • Suggestion • Superiority (short story) • Suzerainty • tariff • Tax • The Empire Project • Treaty • Tunisia • University of Cambridge • Utrecht University • Vichy France • Victoria de Grazia, Irresistible Empire • Wealth • world empires
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20534-5 / 0691205345
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20534-2 / 9780691205342