Abstract EN:

The essential question risen ud bythe thesis "coloniaux, gouverneurs et ministres" is to understand the influence of the french livine in viet-nam at the colonial time over the country's evolution. The peziodof this study : 1902-1914 was chosen because it is during these years that the definitive structures of colonial indochina were set and that the colonial society was being built. The first stage of this study describes the colonial society through its professional characteristics, its culturaland demographic behaviours. The colonial society appears very diverse, particularly regarding the economical interests. A certain number of facts are however caracteristic amonast with urban concetrationand ethno ventralism expressed in leasure and food. The second stage treats the way the colonials may lave influenced viet-nam's evolution. Will be tahen into account, on one hand the structures held by the decision makers (ministers and governors) and on a other hand the si val human groups such as native peope or french from france and, at last, the menas at the disposal of the colonials (associations, political parties, trade-urions, etc. ). It appears the colonials could hardly reach ministers of colonies toofar away as well as its general governors whose powers were widely extended. The third stage studies viet-nam's evolution tryine to give rise to the share taken by the colonials. Their pressures seem glots aby inefficient