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Regeneration through empire : French pronatalists and colonial settlement in the Third Republic /

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"Following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, French patriots feared that their country was in danger of becoming a second-rate power in Europe. Decreasing birth rates had largely slowed French population growth, and the country's population was not keeping pace wi...

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Main Author: Andersen, Margaret Cook, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Series:France overseas: studies in empire and decolonization
Subjects:
Imperialism > Social aspects > France > Colonies > Africa > History.
Childbirth > Political aspects > France > Colonies > Africa > History.
Colonists > Government policy > Africa, French-speaking > History.
Family policy > France > History.
France > Colonies > Africa > History.
France > History > Third Republic, 1870-1940.
Africa, North > Colonization > History.
Madagascar > Colonization > History.
France > Population policy > History.
France > Politics and government > 1870-1940.
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Table of Contents:
  • France's "Supreme Chance" : Migration and Pronatalist Visions of Empire
  • Recruiting Colonial Settlers : The Union Coloniale Francaise and the Non-Classees
  • Creating a "Labor Reservoir" : Pronatalism, Medicine, and Motherhood in Madagascar
  • Voting for the Family : The Fight for Familial Suffrage in France and North Africa
  • A Colonial Fountain of Youth : Family Rights, Pronatalism, and Settler Politics in North Africa.

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