African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
311 p, Product Description This book examines the role of the Vichy regime in bringing about profound changes in the French colonial empire after World War II. In the war’s aftermath, the French colonial system began to break down. Indochina erupted into war in 1945 and Madagascar in 1947, while Guadeloupe chose an opposite course, becoming territorially part of France in 1946. The book traces the introduction of an integralist ideology of “National Revolution” to the French colonial realm, shedding new light on the nature of the Vichy regime, on the diversity of French colonialism, and on the beginnings of decolonization. Encompassing three very different regions and cultures, the study reveals both a unity in Vichy’s self-reproduction overseas and a diversity of forms which this ideological cloning assumed. World War II is often presented as an agent of change in the French colonial empire only insofar as it engendered a loss of prestige for France as colonizer. The author argues that Marshal Philippe Pétain’s Vichy regime contributed to decolonization in a much more substantial way, by ushering in an ideology based on a new, harsher brand of colonialism that both directly and indirectly fueled indigenous nationalism. The author also rejects the popular notion that Nazi pressure lurked behind the Vichy government’s colonial actions, and that the regime lacked any real agency in colonial affairs. He shows that, far from allowing the Germans to run French colonies from behind the scenes, Vichy leaders vigorously promoted their own undiluted form of ultra-conservative ideology throughout the French empire. They delivered to the colonies an authoritarianism that not only elicited fierce opposition but sowed the seeds of nationalist resurgence among indigenous cultures. Ironically, the regime awoke long-dormant nationalist sentiments by introducing to the empire Pétain’s cherished themes of authenticity, tradition, folklore, and völkism. (Amazon) ;
Linton, Ralph (author) and Kardiner, Abram (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
1952
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C12489
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 222-231 in Guy E. Swanson, Theodore M. Newcomb and Eugene L. Hartley (eds.), Readings in Social Psychology, Revised Edition. Henry Holt and Company, New York. 680 p.
Swinnen, Johan F.M. (author), Francken, Nathalie (author), Minten, Bart (author), and Research Group on Food Policy, Transition and Development (PRG-Leuven) & LICOS-Centre for Transition Economics, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Madagascar
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27322
Swinnen, Johan F.M. (author), Francken, Nathalie (author), Minten, Bart (author), and Centre for the Study of African Economics
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2006-12
Published:
United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28216
Notes:
Posted online at http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/conferences/2007-EDiA-LaWBiDC/papers/346-Francken.pdf, Presented at the "Economic development in Africa" conference from March 18-20, 2007 at Oxford University.
