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Algeria and the Ideas Prevailing in France Concerning Colonization

This brilliant 1887 paper by Doctor Gustave Le Bon, the Father of Social Psychology, constitutes the most outstanding analysis ever written of what policies must be followed in order for a colonization program to succeed. Le Bon compares the disastrous results of France's policy of "Frenchification" (i.e., assimilation) of its colonial peoples to the extremely successful results obtained by Britain and other European nations who employed a "hands off" policy with respect to their colonies' indigenes. Some of the key recommendations by Le Bon which have stood the test of time are: "Allow the natives to keep their institutions, customs, usages, and beliefs; as much as possible avoid all contact with them, and occupy ourselves as little as possible in their affairs."

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