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HIST273: Empire, Race and the French Nation-State, 1870 to the Present

This module explores the relationship between the history of race and the making of modern French identities. At the end of the nineteenth century modernisation was described as a battle between the high culture of Paris and the supposedly inferior civilisation of rural France. Cultural change was often described as a form of internal colonisation or civilising mission. These attitudes were closely related to the history of empire, where France pursued another civilising mission in respect of the indigenous inhabitants of its vast colonial possessions. Moving into the later-twentieth century, the module investigates recent controversies over immigration, and considers the historicisation and memorialisation of empire. Fourth and Fifth Republic France's coming-to-terms with empire have proved particularly challenging, and this legacy continues to shape, and to define the priorities of, modern postcolonial society.

For further information on HIST273 visit the Lancaster University Online Courses Handbook.

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