Joseph Chailley-Bert
Published: 2017-10-29
Total Pages: 438
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Excerpt from The Colonisation of Indo-China: Translated From the French It is to the colonial methods adopted um der the old form of government that France owed so many magnificent possessions, which, even in the 18th century, made it doubt ful which of the two, she or England, would be the great colonising nation. Unfortunately, this marvellous extent of territory, these in valuable colonists; this wisdom which in spite of all was clearly revealed in the King's Councils; such a wealth of property so dearly bought and so slowly acquired - of all this nothing remains ours at the present time. Territory has crumbled to pieces and traditions have become obscured with the overthrow of the monarchy; finally all was lost in the great upheaval of the latter end of the century, and our departed splendour is only shown by the glory of rivals enriched by our spoils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
