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Title: Sheikhs and Samurai: Leon Roches and the French Imperial Project (Biography)
Author : Southeast Review of Asian Studies
Release Date : January 01, 2008
Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
Pages : * pages
Size : 227 KB

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Although largely unknown today, French diplomat Leon Roches (1809-1901) had a lengthy career in service that delineated the shape of French imperial interests during the nineteenth century. He served during the formation of French control over North Africa and during the dissolution of Japan's Tokugawa (1603-1868) shogunate. His life illustrates the major French discourses surrounding colonial areas; and his cultural assumptions informed the decisions of his politique personelle. By restoring a place to Roches in the history of the French Empire, we can better understand the influence of cultural discourses on international policy. Roches & His Historians