French interwar association policy left few proud legacies because it was highly coercive

Evidence

From 1924 to 1938 there was, apparently, nothing to commemorate. We now know why: association and human mise en valeur left few legacies of which the French could conceivably be proud, and the interwar years were among the most coercive of the colonial period. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 867

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader project on French republicanism imposed on West Africa: association and mise en valeur as governance concepts bridged rhetoric and coercion.