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15 produkter
Vanilla
The History of an Extraordinary Bean
Inbunden, 2025
251 kr
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The fascinating and wide-ranging history of vanilla, from the sixteenth century to today Vanilla is one of the most expensive of flavorings—so valuable that it was smuggled or stolen by pirates in the early days—and yet it is everywhere. It is a key ingredient in dishes ranging from crème brûlée to …
Imperial Heights
Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina
Häftad, 2011
316 kr
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Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history of a colonial city that was conceived as a …
Imperial Heights
Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina
E-bok, 2011
535 kr
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Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history of a colonial city that was conceived as a …
Escape from Vichy
The Refugee Exodus to the French Caribbean
Inbunden, 2018
430 kr
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In the early years of World War II, thousands of political refugees traveled from France to Vichy-controlled Martinique in the French Caribbean, en route to what they hoped would be safer shores in North, Central, and South America. While awaiting transfer from the colony, the exiles formed …
Vichy in the Tropics
Pétain's National Revolution in Madagascar, Guadeloupe, and Indochina, 1940-44
Inbunden, 2002
1637 kr
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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 …
Vichy in the Tropics
Pétain's National Revolution in Madagascar, Guadeloupe, and Indochina, 1940-44
Häftad, 2004
396 kr
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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 …
Curing the Colonizers
Hydrotherapy, Climatology, and French Colonial Spas
Häftad, 2006
396 kr
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“Beware! Against the poison that is Africa, there is but one antidote: Vichy.” So ran a 1924 advertisement for one of France’s main spas. Throughout the French empire, spas featuring water cures, often combined with “climatic” cures, thrived during the nineteenth century and the twentieth. Water …
Curing the Colonizers
Hydrotherapy, Climatology, and French Colonial Spas
E-bok, 2006
568 kr
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“Beware! Against the poison that is Africa, there is but one antidote: Vichy.” So ran a 1924 advertisement for one of France’s main spas. Throughout the French empire, spas featuring water cures, often combined with “climatic” cures, thrived during the nineteenth century and the twentieth. Water …
Free French Africa in World War II
The African Resistance
Inbunden, 2015
1391 kr
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Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century's two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle's Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from …
Free French Africa in World War II
The African Resistance
Häftad, 2015
459 kr
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Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century's two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle's Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from …
Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar
E-bok, 2017
1596 kr
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This book is a vivid history of Madagascar from the pre-colonial era to decolonization, examining a set of French colonial projects and perceptions that revolve around issues of power, vulnerability, health, conflict, control and identity. It focuses on three lines of inquiry: the relationship …
Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar
Inbunden, 2017
1130 kr
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This book is a vivid history of Madagascar from the pre-colonial era to decolonization, examining a set of French colonial projects and perceptions that revolve around issues of power, vulnerability, health, conflict, control and identity. It focuses on three lines of inquiry: the relationship …
Free French Africa in World War II
The African Resistance
E-bok, 2015
454 kr
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Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century''s two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle''s Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from …
Free French Africa in World War II
The African Resistance
E-bok, 2015
454 kr
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Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century''s two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle''s Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from …
Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar
Häftad, 2018
1130 kr
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This book is a vivid history of Madagascar from the pre-colonial era to decolonization, examining a set of French colonial projects and perceptions that revolve around issues of power, vulnerability, health, conflict, control and identity. It focuses on three lines of inquiry: the relationship …
