LEADER 04346nam 22006375 450 001 9910548181503321 005 20240322065853.0 010 $a9783030958886$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030958879 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-95888-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6896970 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6896970 035 $a(CKB)21325602700041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-95888-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921325602700041 100 $a20220225d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrench Liberalism and Imperialism in the Age of Napoleon III $eEmpire at Home, Colonies Abroad /$fby Miquel de la Rosa 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1641 311 08$aPrint version: de la Rosa, Miquel French Liberalism and Imperialism in the Age of Napoleon III Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030958879 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Rethinking the French Second Empire: New Bonapartism, Liberal Voices and Imperial Languages -- 3. The Nation Abroad? Algeria and French Colonialism in the 1860s -- 4. The Search for World Prestige in Cochinchina -- 5. Mexico and French Visions of the Empire's 'Greatest Thought' -- 6. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book explores the interplay between liberalism and imperialism in Second Empire France. By examining the political dimension of imperial expansion and the power of words in shaping public opinion, it sheds light on the ways in which liberal ideas developed in the nineteenth century. In contrast to Britain, French imperialism in the third quarter of the nineteenth century was fostered by a Bonapartist regime that liberals needed to fight in order to build their own political brand. The author argues that the 1860s were not so much a period of 'liberal empire' in France as has traditionally been suggested, since liberals were in fact more conveyers of political change rather than supporters of the regime. To demonstrate how French liberals succeeded in configuring an alternative political option, the book explores their attitudes to the expanding colonial empire of Napoleon III in the 1850s and 60s through the analysis of parliamentary debates, the press and publishedtexts. Providing three in-depth case studies on Bonapartist expansion projects in Algeria, Cochinchina and Mexico, the book provides new insights on the foundations of the liberal position on imperialism, and the intellectual outlooks and belief systems that informed these views. Analysing discourses and ideas, as opposed to facts and policies, this book presents a new perspective on the nature of the French Second Empire and illustrates how this shaped a specific liberal political culture in France. Miquel de la Rosa is a doctor in History and Civilisation by the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He also holds a Master's in World History and a BA in Journalism by the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. He has taught modern history courses at Sciences Po in France, and worked as a text editor at several academic institutions. 410 0$aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1641 606 $aImperialism 606 $aFrance$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aHistory of France 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aEuropean History 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aFrance$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 14$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aHistory of France. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aEuropean History. 676 $a352.06691 676 $a944.07 700 $aRosa$b Miquel de la$01426953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910548181503321 996 $aFrench liberalism and imperialism in the age of Napoleon III$93559482 997 $aUNINA