{"product_id":"a-velvet-empire-9780691205335","title":"A Velvet Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] necessary reappraisal of French imperialism, a velvet empire indeed.\"\u003cb\u003e---Francis Ghiles, \u003ci\u003eArab Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Skillfully organized and enjoyable to read, \u003ci\u003eA Velvet Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read for historians of modern France and 19th-century colonialism.\" * Choice Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read for general readers and scholars interested in the evolution of French imperialism in the XIX century.\"\u003cb\u003e---Giampaolo Conte, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of European Economic History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Velvet Empire\u003c\/i\u003e makes a compelling case for informal empire as a core principle of French global expansion in the mid-nineteenth century . . . It situates an understudied period, long seen as an outlier, within the imperial \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e, and its deft analysis of the interrelationship between foreign policy, economic actors, and culture will offer a useful road map for scholars exploring similar questions from different perspectives.\"\u003cb\u003e---Maureen DeNino, \u003ci\u003eNineteenth-Century French Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403894530391,"sku":"9780691205335","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691205335.jpg?v=1730484821","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-velvet-empire-9780691205335","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}