Empire of Love

Empire of Love
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780195347470
ISBN-13 : 0195347471
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Book Synopsis Empire of Love by : Matt K. Matsuda

Download or read book Empire of Love written by Matt K. Matsuda and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this broad-ranging survey of Paris, Tahiti, Indochina, Japan, New Caledonia, and the South Pacific generally, Matt Matsuda illustrates the fascinating interplay that shaped the imaginations of both colonizer and colonized. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Matsuda describes the constitution of a "French Pacific" through the eyes of Tahitian monarchs, Kanak warriors, French politicos and prisoners, Asian revolutionaries and Central American laborers, among others. He argues that French imperialism in the Pacific, both real and imagined, was registered most forcefully in languages of desire and love--for lost islands, promised wealth and riches, carnal and spiritual pleasures--and political affinities. Exploring the conflicting engagements with love for and against the empire in the Pacific, this book is an imaginative and ground-breaking work in global imperial and colonial histories, as well as Pacific histories.


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