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DESCRIPTION:This presentation will study compensations paid by France’s f
 ormer colonies to French colonial firms\, between 1954 and 1998. The lectu
 re will discuss the power dynamics which shaped French post-colonial capit
 alism\, showing how countries negotiated their economic sovereignty throug
 h a shift from colonial control to a world of foreign aid\, investment tre
 aties\, and geopolitical conflicts.\n\nURL: https://europe.wisc.edu/event/
 simon-bittmann-decolonization-and-the-expropriation-of-french-capital/
LOCATION:Lubar Commons (7200)\, Law Building
SUMMARY:Simon Bittmann\, “Decolonization and the Expropriation of French 
 Capital”
URL;VALUE=URI:https://europe.wisc.edu/event/simon-bittmann-decolonization-a
 nd-the-expropriation-of-french-capital/
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