{"product_id":"an-empire-divided-religion-republicanism-and-the-making-of-french-colonialism-1880-1914-9780195374018","title":"An Empire Divided: Religion, Republicanism, and the Making of French Colonialism, 1880-1914","description":"Between 1880 and 1914, tens of thousands of men and women left France for distant religious missions, driven by the desire to spread the word of Jesus Christ, combat Satan, and convert the world's pagans to Catholicism. But they were not the only ones with eyes fixed on foreign shores. Just as\u003cbr\u003ethe Catholic missionary movement reached its apex, the young, staunchly secular Third Republic launched the most aggressive campaign of colonial expansion in French history. Missionaries and republicans abroad knew they had much to gain from working together, but their starkly different motivations\u003cbr\u003eregularly led them to view one another with resentment, distrust, and even fear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cem\u003eAn Empire Divided\u003c\/em\u003e, J.P. Daughton tells the story of how troubled relations between Catholic missionaries and a host of republican critics shaped colonial policies, Catholic perspectives, and domestic French politics in the tumultuous decades before the First World War. With case studies on\u003cbr\u003eIndochina, Polynesia, and Madagascar, \u003cem\u003eAn Empire Divided\u003c\/em\u003e--the first book to examine the role of religious missionaries in shaping French colonialism--challenges the long-held view that French colonizing and civilizing goals were shaped by a distinctly secular republican ideology built on\u003cbr\u003eEnlightenment ideals. By exploring the experiences of Catholic missionaries, one of the largest groups of French men and women working abroad, Daughton argues that colonial policies were regularly wrought in the fires of religious discord--discord that indigenous communities exploited in responding\u003cbr\u003eto colonial rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After decades of conflict, Catholics and republicans in the empire ultimately buried many of their disagreements by embracing a notion of French civilization that awkwardly melded both Catholic and republican ideals. But their entente came at a price, with both sides compromising long-held and\u003cbr\u003emuch-cherished traditions for the benefit of establishing and maintaining authority. Focusing on the much-neglected intersection of politics, religion, and imperialism, Daughton offers a new understanding of both the nature of French culture and politics at the fin de siecle, as well as the power of\u003cbr\u003ethe colonial experience to reshape European's most profound beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. P. Daughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195374018\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39930769965171,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_de78dfef-c07d-4613-a23d-d9a814670465.jpg?v=1647699400","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/an-empire-divided-religion-republicanism-and-the-making-of-french-colonialism-1880-1914-9780195374018","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}