Regeneration through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic by Margaret Andersen

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

Margaret Andersen

344 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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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...

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