I argue that competing visions of development guided the interventions of the United States and France in the West African country of Ivory Coast during the late colonial and early independence periods from 1946 through the 1960s. Indeed, the postwar arrival of American modernity provided an opportunity for nationalist leaders to triangulate the relationship between metropolitan France and colonial Ivory Coast. The ensuing politics of triangulation forced French colonial officials, diplomats, and development experts to “dub” modernization in order to bolster (neo)colonial ties between France and the Ivory Coast. By dubbing I mean the effort to translate and adapt for French purposes development concepts and techniques first elaborated in th...
The colonial powers had contributed to the expression of widespread opinion about United States poli...
Historically, France has garnered a reputation for being one of the most enlightened nations due to ...
This dissertation explores the largely unknown history of how migrants from across the colonial empi...
I argue that competing visions of development guided the interventions of the United States and Fran...
This chapter revisits the historical mechanisms that allowed French firms to dominate the arena of d...
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Ivory Coast was touted as an African miracle, a poster child for mod...
It has been over sixty (60) years since decolonization in Africa. In years gone by, a pattern has em...
Since the end of French colonial rule in Guinea, “independence” has held a central place in its poli...
As all the other countries in the South, the Ivory Coast was invited to engage, in the early 90s, in...
French colonialism dramatically changed sub-Sahara Africa in the region now called Francophone Afric...
Calls for imperial control of the disorganized periphery are still heard from major powers, and even...
This article argues that the rise of Abidjan as main city in colonial Ivory Coast confirms the insig...
grantor: University of TorontoThe 1950s was a decade of momentous political change in (Wes...
The first reference to an industry in Ivory Coast go back to the XVIIth century, and concern the exp...
In 1946, following the Second World War, France initiated a series of constitutional reforms designe...
The colonial powers had contributed to the expression of widespread opinion about United States poli...
Historically, France has garnered a reputation for being one of the most enlightened nations due to ...
This dissertation explores the largely unknown history of how migrants from across the colonial empi...
I argue that competing visions of development guided the interventions of the United States and Fran...
This chapter revisits the historical mechanisms that allowed French firms to dominate the arena of d...
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Ivory Coast was touted as an African miracle, a poster child for mod...
It has been over sixty (60) years since decolonization in Africa. In years gone by, a pattern has em...
Since the end of French colonial rule in Guinea, “independence” has held a central place in its poli...
As all the other countries in the South, the Ivory Coast was invited to engage, in the early 90s, in...
French colonialism dramatically changed sub-Sahara Africa in the region now called Francophone Afric...
Calls for imperial control of the disorganized periphery are still heard from major powers, and even...
This article argues that the rise of Abidjan as main city in colonial Ivory Coast confirms the insig...
grantor: University of TorontoThe 1950s was a decade of momentous political change in (Wes...
The first reference to an industry in Ivory Coast go back to the XVIIth century, and concern the exp...
In 1946, following the Second World War, France initiated a series of constitutional reforms designe...
The colonial powers had contributed to the expression of widespread opinion about United States poli...
Historically, France has garnered a reputation for being one of the most enlightened nations due to ...
This dissertation explores the largely unknown history of how migrants from across the colonial empi...