Glorious Failure - The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India

From war with the British to the enslavement of Indians, Ivermee uncovers the dark history of France's doomed imperial project in South Asia.

About the author

Robert Ivermee is a historian of British and wider European colonialism in South Asia. He is Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Paris, and the author of Hooghly: The Global History of a River (also published by Hurst).

Product details

• Authors: Ivermee Robert
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.06.2025
• EAN: 9781805262954
• ISBN: 978-1-80526-295-4
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / France, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / India