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Regeneration Through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic

Regeneration Through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic

Andersen, Margaret Cook

Hardcover

Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization

French HistoryGeneral World HistoryImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 0803244975
ISBN13: 9780803244979
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: Jan 1 2015
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.34
Language: English

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 with that of its European neighbors. To regain its standing in the European world, France set its sights on building a vast colonial empire while simultaneously developing a policy of pronatalism to reverse these demographic trends. Though representing distinct political movements, colonial supporters and pronatalist organizations were born of the same crisis and reflected similar anxieties concerning France's trajectory and position in the world.

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