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Uncertain Dimensions was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. World War I battered the Western imperial systems and destroyed one, that of Germany, but it did not sound the death knell of an empire. The "scramble" for overseas territory ha reached a virtual conclusion shortly before the war; afterwards, the main business of empire was to ensure a pax colonia: the often contradictory goals of a stable government and

The climate of French colonialism -- Origins and growth of the French doctrine of assimilation -- Ideas from abroad -- Assimilation and the scientific attitude -- Imperialism: expression of man's will to power -- A new policy: association -- Economic needs and the policy of association -- Military problems and the policy of association -- Ideal and reality

1. Popular culture in the early twentieth-century world -- 2. Popular culture joins the war effort -- 3. Reconfiguring time and space -- 4. Picture this : a new world of images -- 5. All the world's a stage : contemporary entertainment in its many forms -- 6. Happily spaced out : the topography of pleasure and diversion -- 7. The unintended outcomes.