Rulers of Empire

Preface

William Cohen Rulers of Empire: the French Colonial Service in Africa Hoover Institution Press. Stanford University. 1971. 279 p. Preface This work was begun at Stanford University in 1965 initially as a dissertation; it developed from an interest in the history of French bureaucratic organizations, and was further stimulated...

Notes

William Cohen Rulers of Empire: the French Colonial Service in Africa Hoover Institution Press. Stanford University. 1971. 279 p. Notes Preface 1. A good beginning in this field: Martin A. Klein. Islam and Imperialism in Senegal: Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914. Stanford, Calif., 1968 Brian Weinstein, “Governor General Félix Eboué—A Short Biography”. Unpublished...

The Locus of Power

William Cohen Rulers of Empire: the French Colonial Service in Africa Hoover Institution Press. Stanford University. 1971. 279 p. IV. — The Locus of Power Robert Delavignette entitled his work on the career of colonial administration Les Vrais chefs de l’empire. No title could have been more aptly chosen,...

Introduction

  William Cohen Rulers of Empire: the French Colonial Service in Africa Hoover Institution Press. Stanford University. 1971. 279 p. Introduction Forts and trading posts acquired in the seventeenth century on the coast of West Africa became the springboard for French territorial conquests in Senegal in the mid-nineteenth century. From...