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morgcxn's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
A compact view of French imperialism.
bisecle's review against another edition
2.0
read this for school and found it exceptionally difficult to follow.
kritikalary's review against another edition
3.0
It was assigned reading so take that as you will. It wasn’t too bad, but truly nothing to write home about. One of my biggest gripes was the ratio of paragraphs to diagrams to essays interspersed with the story (unequal and clunky at times). Would not have picked it up by myself. Vann seems like a nice guy though.
ladyeremite's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure that I liked this book as much as some of the other books in this series - in particular Abina and the Important Men - since the primary sources are not as good to teach with and the story is less survey-history-level friendly. Nevertheless, my students in Modern France loved this book - the use of illustrations as well as the "history from below" angle of the French empire.
mbondlamberty's review against another edition
5.0
Fascinating read! In particular liked the portion after the primary sources where the story of the research and development of the book was described. Definitely a useful resource for APWH - social issues, political, environmental up the wazoo, cultural and whole bunch of economics too!
bearwithapersonality's review against another edition
4.0
everyone should read! so accessible yet so deep
alissanelson's review against another edition
4.0
RIYL: getting angry about Western colonialism and capitalism. A good cautionary message for us public health types about recognizing whose interests we serve.