Decolonization -- France -- History -- 20th century. France -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 20th century.

France and Decolonisation, 1900-1960 (Making of the 20th Century)

Politics & Social Sciences

BETTS, Raymond F.

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Until the close of the nineteenth century, French colonial theory was based on the idea of assimilation, which gave France the responsibility for "civilizing" its colonies by absorbing them administratively and culturally. By the turn of the twentieth century, this idea had given way to the theory of association, which held that France's new empire could be better served by a more flexible policy in which the colonized become partners with France in the colonial project. Raymond F. Betts examines the pivotal shift in colonial theory within the "metropole," the debate that it generated, and its intellectual origins. A landmark book in the field of French colonial theory, "Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory, 1890-1914," has served as the central point of reference for every major colonial historian during the four decades since its original publication in 1961. Available in paperback for the first time, with a new preface by the author, this edition will interest all students of colonialism and introduce many younger scholars to what remains the best and most original book in the field.

Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory 1890-1914 (Columbia University Social Science Studies Series No. 604)

Social Sciences

Ams Pr Inc

A History of Popular Culture: More of Everything, Faster and Brighter

This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War. Raymond Betts considers the rapid diffusion and 'hybridization' of popular culture as the result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous communications, widespread consumption in a market-based economy and the visualization of reality. Betts considers the dominance of American entertainment media and habits of consumption, assessing adaptation and negative reactions to this influence.  The author surveys a wide range of topics, including: * the emergence and conditions of modern popular culture* the effects of global conflict* the phenomenon and effects of urbanization* the changing demography of the political arena and the work place* the development of contemporary music culture* film, television and visual experience* the growth of sport as a commercial enterprise. Directed at students and general readers concerned with the dimensions and forms of popular culture, the book provides an engaging introduction to this pervasice and ever-changing subject.

History

Bly, Lyz

World

Routledge

This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War. Raymond Betts considers the rapid diffusion and 'hybridization' of popular culture as the result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous communications, widespread consumption in a market-based economy and the visualization of reality. Betts considers the dominance of American entertainment media and habits of consumption, assessing adaptation and negative reactions to this influence. The author surveys a wide range of topics, including: * the emergence and conditions of modern popular culture * the effects of global conflict * the phenomenon and effects of urbanization * the changing demography of the political arena and the work place * the development of contemporary music culture * film, television and visual experience * the growth of sport as a commercial enterprise. Directed at students and general readers concerned with the dimensions and forms of popular culture, the book provides an engaging introduction to this pervasice and ever-changing subject.

Decolonization (The Making of the Contemporary World)

Raymond F. Betts considers the 'process' of decolonization and the outcomes which have left a legacy of problems, drawing on numerous examples including Ghana, India, Rwanda and Hong Kong. He examines: <ul>
<li>the effects of the two World Wars on the colonial empire</li> <li>the expectations and problems created by independence</li> <li>the major demographic shifts accompanying the end of the empire</li> <li>the cultural experiences, literary movements, and the search for ideology of the dying empire and the newly independent nations.</li>
</ul>
With an annotated bibliography and a chronology of political decolonization, Decolonization gives a concise, original and multi-disciplinary introduction to this controversial theme and analyzes what the future holds beyond the empire.

Betts, Raymond

Africa

A History of Popular Culture

This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War. A History of Popular Culture explores the rapid diffusion and 'hybridization' of popular culture as the result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous communications, widespread consumption in a market-based economy and the visualization of reality. Betts considers the dominance of American entertainment media and habits of consumption, assessing adaptation and negative reactions to this influence.  The author surveys a wide range of topics, including:    the emergence and conditions of modern popular culture  the effects of global conflict  the phenomenon and effects of urbanization  the changing demography of the political arena and the work place  the development of contemporary music culture  film, television and visual experience  the growth of sport as a commercial enterprise.   Now updated, by Lyz Bly, to include major developments such as blogs and social networks, YouTube.com, and enhanced technologies such as the iPhone, iPod, and iPad as well as the way in which the internet has reshaped the ways we consume media. The book provides an engaging introduction to this pervasive and ever-changing subject.

Humor & Entertainment

Pop Culture

This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War.
A History of Popular Culture explores the rapid diffusion and 'hybridization' of popular culture as the result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous communications, widespread consumption in a market-based economy and the visualization of reality. Betts considers the dominance of American entertainment media and habits of consumption, assessing adaptation and negative reactions to this influence. The author surveys a wide range of topics, including: <ul>
<li>the emergence and conditions of modern popular culture </li> <li>the effects of global conflict </li> <li>the phenomenon and effects of urbanization </li> <li>the changing demography of the political arena and the work place </li> <li>the development of contemporary music culture </li> <li>film, television and visual experience </li> <li>the growth of sport as a commercial enterprise.</li> </ul>
Now updated, by Lyz Bly, to include major developments such as blogs and social networks, YouTube.com, and enhanced technologies such as the iPhone, iPod, and iPad as well as the way in which the internet has reshaped the ways we consume media. The book provides an engaging introduction to this pervasive and ever-changing subject.

Europe in Retrospect: A Brief History of the Past Two Hundred Years

Europe in Retrospect: A Brief History of the Past Two Hundred Years

D.C. Heath & Co.

Until the close of the nineteenth century, French colonial theory was based on the idea of assimilation, which gave France the responsibility for “civilizing” its colonies by absorbing them administratively and culturally. By the turn of the twentieth century, this idea had given way to the theory of association, which held that France’s new empire could be better served by a more flexible policy in which the colonized become partners with France in the colonial project. Raymond F. Betts examines the pivotal shift in colonial theory within the métropole, the debate that it generated, and its intellectual origins. A landmark book in the field of French colonial theory, Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory, 1890–1914, has served as the central point of reference for every major colonial historian during the four decades since its original publication in 1961. Available in paperback for the first time, with a new preface by the author, this edition will interest all students of colonialism and introduce many younger scholars to what remains the best and most original book in the field.

Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory, 1890-1914

Americas

University Of Nebraska Press

The False Dawn was first published in 1975. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.As the author explains, the false dawn that greeted and disappointed the visitors in E. M. Forster's A Passage to India  is a literary image that might serve as a value judgment of modern overseas empire in general. Commenting that the term "empire" is now badly tarnished, Professor Betts points out that no bright dawn of understanding has yet appeared on the academic horizon. With this perceptive viewpoint, he traces the course of European imperialism beginning with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and ending with a final glance toward the Western Front in August, 1914.Reviewing the book in the Historian, Lawrence J. Baack calls it "a clear and concise essay on the nature of European imperialism." In its review Choice says: "Undergraduates and graduate students alike will welcome this book as a readable general introduction to more technical works."

False Dawn: European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (Europe and the World in Age of Expansion) (Volume 6)

Europe

University of Minnesota Press

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France and Decolonisation, 1900-1960 (Making of the 20th Century)

Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory 1890-1914 (Columbia University Social Science Studies Series No. 604)

A History of Popular Culture: More of Everything, Faster and Brighter

A History of Popular Culture: More of Everything, Faster and Brighter

Decolonization (The Making of the Contemporary World)

A History of Popular Culture: More of Everything, Faster and Brighter

A History of Popular Culture

Europe in Retrospect: A Brief History of the Past Two Hundred Years

Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory, 1890-1914

False Dawn: European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (Europe and the World in Age of Expansion) (Volume 6)