This book addresses a central but often ignored question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: How did the Third Republic, highly regarded for

Our Civilizing Mission is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the ‘humanities’. Focusing

Inherent in colonialism was the idea of self-legitimation, the most powerful tool of which was the colonizer's claim to bring the fruits of progress and moderni

The contributions in Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Century discuss how top-down interventions to “improve” societies were justified in terms such as

Long before the United States became a major force in global affairs, Americans believed in their superiority over others due to their inventiveness, productivi