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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792260103321

Autore

Matsuda Matt K

Titolo

Empire of love : histories of France and the Pacific / / Matt K. Matsuda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

ISBN

0-19-029000-5

0-19-803687-6

1-282-77595-2

1-4337-0045-X

0-19-516295-1

1-280-53289-0

9786612775956

0-19-534747-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 232 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

325/.344/0995

Soggetti

Imperialism

Acculturation

France Colonies

France Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rochefort : the family romance of the French Pacific -- Panama : geopolitics of desire -- Wallis and Futuna : martyrs and memories -- Society islands : Tahitian archives -- New Caledonia : prisoners of love -- Indochina : romance of the ruins -- Japan : the tears of Madame Chrysanthème.

Sommario/riassunto

This title studies the creation of an 'Empire of Love' in the Pacific and the interconnections between culture and imperial power in the 19th and 20th centuries. It examines the European presence in such contested territories as New Caledonia, and Tahiti, and encounter and conflict in Panama and Indochina.