"Over more than four centuries, the French empire explained itself in many different ways through many different colonial regimes. This narrative history recounts the unique origins and purposes of the French empire, through to the numberless traces that remain both in the former colonies and in today's French Republic"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 10, 2023)
