Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Forgotten Empire 4
7. Counter-Revolutionary Empire 10
8. Collaborative Empire 16
9. 1 Empire without Sovereignty The Political Economy of French Informal Imperialism 25
10. 2 Algeria, Informal Empire Manqué 72
11. 3 Champagne Capitalism The Commodification of Luxury and the French Empire of Taste 123
12. 4 Conquest by Money The Geopolitics and Logistics of Investment Colonization 175
13. 5 Agents of Informal Empire French Expatriates and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Egypt 227
14. Conclusion 277
15. Bibliography 287
16. Index 331