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Why the French presidential candidates are arguing about their colonial history

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Title
Why the French presidential candidates are arguing about their colonial history
Published by
The Conversation, April 2017
DOI 10.64628/aai.tyuen7sw6
Authors

Sessions, Jennifer, Jennifer Sessions

Abstract

Should French children be taught about the 'positive aspects' of colonialism? What the presidential candidates say.

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 166. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 July 2020.
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#293,629
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#34,375
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#4,997
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#409
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