An
extraordinary collection of articles which argue that
imperialism, whatever its origins, is driven by
internal ideological objectives. Topics include
French Imperialism in the 19th century; Lyonnais
Imperialism in the Far East (1900-1938); French Far
Eastern policy in the 1930s; racism and imperialism,
as well as, an examination of the work of Auguste
Comte; social psychology as political ideology, in
the cases of Wilfred Trotter and William McDougall;
economy, society, and psyche as in the work of Pierre
Janet; and a look at modernism and postmodernism.
In Imperialism and Ideology, the culmination
of many fruitful years of teaching,
researching and publishing, Laffey demonstrates a
deep understanding of class prejudice, racism and
sexual discrimination in the writing of history.
Table of Contents
John Laffey received his PhD from Cornell, and is
Professor of European History at Concordia University
in Montreal. He is the author of Civilization and
Its Discontented (Black Rose Books: 1993), which
was nominated by the Quebec Society for the Promotion
of English Language Literature (QSPELL) as best
non-fiction for 1993.
205 pages, bibliography, index
Paperback ISBN: 1-55164-146-1 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-55164-147-X $48.99
History
December 1999
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