Empire of love histories of France and the Pacific

Summary: 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, and encounter and conflict in Panama, Indochina, and Japan.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195162950
ISBN: 0195162951
ISBN: 9781280532894
ISBN: 1280532890
ISBN: 9781423720461
ISBN: 1423720466
ISBN: 9781433700453
ISBN: 143370045X
ISBN: 0195347471
ISBN: 9780195347470
ISBN: 0195162943
ISBN: 9780195162943
ISBN: 0198036876
ISBN: 9780198036876
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages) : illustrations
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electronic resource
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-224) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.