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Shattered Images : French Indochina as a Failed Symbolic Resource

Hennessey, John LU orcid (2015) In Studies in Imperialism p.228-247
Abstract
Several generations of French leaders had high expectations for French Indochina’s usefulness as a symbolic resource for unifying the nation after times of disaster, but in fact the colony time and again proved to be little more than a burden. This chapter explores how a variety of factors, not the least of which was poor planning on the part of the French métropole, dashed the high hopes French leaders had for Indochina’s symbolic and strategic importance throughout the period of colonization.
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French Indochina, imperialism, colonialism
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Imperial Expectations and Realities : El Dorados, Utopias and Dystopias - El Dorados, Utopias and Dystopias
series title
Studies in Imperialism
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Varnava, Andrekos
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20 pages
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Manchester University Press
ISBN
978-0-7190-9786-7
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English
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  booktitle    = {{Imperial Expectations and Realities : El Dorados, Utopias and Dystopias}},
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