Sovereignty and Empire in French Tunisia, 1881–1938
by
Mary Dewhurst Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
After invading Tunisia in 1881, the French installed a protectorate in which they shared power with the Tunisian ruling dynasty and, due to the dynasty’s treaties with other European powers, with some of their imperial rivals. This "indirect" form of colonization was intended to prevent...