A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century by David Todd

A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century

David Todd

344 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth centuryAfter Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than m...

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