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Title:Faidherbe and Senegal: A Critical Discussion
Author:Barrows, Leland C.
Year:1976
Periodical:African Studies Review
Volume:19
Issue:1
Period:April
Pages:95-117
Language:English
Geographic term:Senegal
Subjects:colonial administrators
Politics and Government
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/523854
Abstract:This article is intended to serve as a preview of a detailed study of the two administrations of Governor Louis Léon César Faidherbe (1854-1861) and (1863-1865) which has been in preparation for some years. Despite his recognized importance as one of the founders of French rule in West Africa, he has remained unstudied but nevertheless the subject of several myths. This article - although too short to be comprehensive - stresses those general aspects of Faidherbe's two administrations - personal, military, political, and administrative - which have been most prone to misinterpretation and exaggeration. His theory of imperial domination was a unique combination of old régime mercantilism, mid-nineteenth century economic liberalism, informal empire, and savage military repression based on the Algerian model. Notes; ref.
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