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After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. 'A Velvet Empire' is a global history of French imperialism in the nineteenth century, providing new insights into the mechanisms of imperial collaboration that extended France's power from the Middle East to Latin America and ushered in the modern age of globalization.

France --- France --- France --- France --- France --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- Colonies --- History --- Foreign economic relations --- History --- Commerce --- History --- A Mission to Civilize. --- Algeria. --- Alice Conklin. --- American empire. --- American imperialism. --- Anglo-French relations. --- Avengers of the New World. --- British Empire. --- British imperialism. --- By Sword and Plow. --- Daniel Immerwahr. --- Egypt. --- Haiti. --- Haitian Revolution. --- How to Hide an Empire. --- Jennifer Sessions. --- John Darwin. --- Laurent Dubois. --- Mexico. --- Niall Ferguson. --- Ottoman Empire. --- Prince de Talleyrand. --- The Empire Project. --- Victoria de Grazia, Irresistible Empire. --- finance. --- history of empire. --- history of globalization. --- imperial liberalism. --- informal empire. --- migrations. --- world empires.