Providing an up-to-date synthesis of the history of an extraordinary nation--one that has been shrouded in myths, many of its own making--France and Its Empire

This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it co

In the Museum of Man offers new insight into the thorny relationship between science, society, and empire at the high-water mark of French imperialism and Europ

How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth century After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly inf

A historian analyzes the Franco-Prussian War’s Battle of Sedan, from its causes and effects, to the characters involved. The Franco-Prussian War was a turning