http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/taxonomy/term/41/0 How was the French civilising mission in West Africa different from the mission to turn peasants into Frenchmen inside France en http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/beaudoin <p>The process of turning peasants into Frenchman was just that. It sought to unify the population of France under the ideas associated with Paris. When colonizing, the aim wasn&#39;t to make everyone the same as the Parisians or the French, but simply to expand &quot;culture&#39; and technology- to help the colonies modernize.  </p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/beaudoin#comment Civilizing in the colonies and in the provinces Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:02:25 -0800 beamat28 290 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/maxime <p>The French were under the impression that they by entering colonies in West Africa, that they were there to the advantage of the people living there.  In the eyes of the French, their industrial ideas as well as their language was going to help civilize people living there, and that the people would thank them later for the decisions that the French government made.  In France, turning people into Frenchman was about people living in the same country and speaking one common language and learning about a French way of life.</p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/maxime#comment Civilizing in the colonies and in the provinces Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:00:54 -0800 renmax04 283 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow