Vulgarisation du savoir et colonisation des esprits par la presse et le livre en Indochine française et dans les Indes néerlandaises (1908-1936)

At the beginning of the 20th century, in colonized Vietnam, F.-H. Schneider founded a Bibliothèque de Vulgarisation (popularization of Knowledge through collections of books and papers), in order to spread Western knowledge in French Indochina. Afterwards, the colonial power took over this private system for propaganda purposes. Later, in the 1930’s, French colonial power wanted to replicate the propaganda system the Dutch had deployed in the East Indies (Balai Poestaka). This article shows that French colonial policy regarding colonization of minds was far from being a well defined strategy.... Mehr ...