Finn Fuglestad
Auteur de Latin-Amerika og Karibiens historie
Œuvres de Finn Fuglestad
Fra svartedauden til Wienerkongressen : den vesterlandske kulturkretsens historie 1347-1815 i et globalt-sammenliknende… (1999) 9 exemplaires
The Ambiguities of History: The Problem of Ethnocentrism in Historical Writing (Tid og Tanke) (2005) 3 exemplaires
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An example of this pro-French bias is Fuglestad’s description of France’s relationship with Niger. Only “with the wisdom of hindsight,” Fuglestad writes, is it possible to recognize the “absurdity of a situation in which one of the world’s poorest people (the Nigeriens) was to provide one of the richest (the French) with all sorts of commodities at the lowest possible price,” since it was far less evident at the time! The French also genuinely, if mistakenly, believed that Nigeriens would willingly suffer and die for France.
If it wasn’t for the limited amount of material available on the history of Niger I’d recommend staying away from this book!… (plus d'informations)