Empire of love : histories of France and the Pacific /

Presents multiple studies of the creation of an 'Empire of Love' in the Pacific and the interconnections between culture and imperial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book examines the European presence in territories as Tahiti, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna, an...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Matsuda, Matt K.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=138193
Table des matières:
  • 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.