“[A] sophisticated set of six essays. . . . [I]nteresting and informative.” — Jeremy Black, Journal of World History
“Rewarding, particularly for those unfamiliar with recent trends in the study of colonialism and post-colonial cultures.” — Martin Thomas, History
“[T]his volume is an important collection from a prominent historian that contributes to the critical history of imperialism. . . . [I]t is a useful and significant book. Lebovics provides several sophisticated ways in which we can see the inter-related history of the colonies and the metropole. His approach is wide ranging, linking cultural developments to specific political moments and economic processes.” — Michael G. Vann, Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History
“Lebovics’ latest is a valuable book. . . . Lebovics has written a book that is not only a work of scholarship, but also a statement of political conviction. Cultural historians interested in exploring and discussing the lessons that ‘Old’ Europe’s colonial past holds for the political conflicts of our own era will find Imperialism and the Corruption of Democracies a worthwhile read.” — J. P. Daughton, H-France, H-Net Reviews
“The scope of these chapters clearly illustrates the impressive range of Lebovics’s intellectual interests. . . . For those unfamiliar with Lebovics’s work, it will act as a useful ‘primer’, while those who know his major works will be grateful that some of his key essays and unpublished papers have been drawn together in one volume.” — David Murphy, French Studies
"Herman Lebovics is among the most innovative cultural historians working on modern France." — Mary Dewhurst Lewis, Journal of Modern History
“Herman Lebovics is one of the leading American cultural historians of France and a rare native of our shores whose work has been translated into French. People on both sides of the Atlantic will want to read these extremely interesting essays.” — Edward Berenson, Director of the Institute of French Studies, New York University