French Geography, cartography and colonialism

Florence Deprest (1) , Hélène Blais (2) , Pierre Singaravélou (3)

1 GC - Géographie-cités
2 GC (UMR_8504) - Géographie-cités
3 IRICE - Identites, relations internationales et civilisations de l'Europe

This paper provides an introduction to a special feature of the Journal of Historical Geography devoted to recent research, by French scholars, on the relations between French geography, colonialism and the mapping of colonial boundaries, with particular reference to Africa between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries.

Mots clés: Geography; Colonialism; France; Africa; Boundaries; Colonial sciences

Domaines: Géographie; Histoire; Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Florence Deprest, Hélène Blais, Pierre Singaravélou. French Geography, cartography and colonialism. Journal of Historical Geography, 2011, 37 (2), pp.146-148. ⟨10.1016/j.jhg.2010.12.002⟩. ⟨halshs-00739135⟩