Cogneau Denis auteur aut IRD Dupraz Y. auteur aut IRD Mesplé-Somps Sandrine auteur aut IRD text report Litérature grise eng text/pdf reformatted digital access A novel data collection provides comparative evidence on colonial states of the ?second' French colonial Empire, since their foundation to their devolution in the 1960s. Colonial states were neither omnipotent Leviathans nor casual night watchmen. On the one hand, we emphasize the extractive efficiency and capacity of adaptation of colonial states to varied socioeconomic contexts and to varying historical conditions. On the other hand, we put forward dualism as the main common feature and legacy. specialized HISTOIRE ECONOMIQUE FISCALITE PERIODE COLONIALE ANALYSE ECONOMIQUE AFRIQUE FRANCE 094ECONAT 112HISTO 114RELAT Paris PSE 2018 2018-27 52 multigr. 52 multigr. 52 multigr. https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072969 [F A010072969] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072969 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers18-06/010072969.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2018-06-22 2021-07-20 fdi:010072969 fre