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14 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.3414
- isbn: 9788184701678
- eisbn: 9791036549892
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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colonie créolisation créole colony former French territories of India History HIS000000 HBSujets proches
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Animesh Rai, « Introduction », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.3414
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For many years, India was controlled from London. What if it had been controlled from Paris? Would it have been different? Perhaps, this question can be answered very quickly by substituting in one’s mind the French colonizer for the British one and then making extrapolations. One would presumably be led to the conclusion that India would now be Francophone with French as its lingua franca and administrative, judicial, as well as educational institutions modeled on France. The colonial experi...