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Dilley Roy <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Nearly native, barely civilized : Henri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939) / / by Roy Dilley |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (460 p.) |
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Collana |
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African History, , 2211-1441 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Colonial administrators - Africa, West |
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Africa, West Politics and government 1884-1960 |
Mauritania Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Funeral: Thursday, 14th December 1939 -- Gironde, Paris and Beyond -- Agent of Commerce, African Novice: From Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894–1896 -- Interlude: Furlough in France I -- On the Trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897–1899 -- Interlude: Furlough in France II -- The Mallam and the Qadis: A Posting to Zinder, 1900–1903 -- Interlude: Furlough in France III -- Cherchez la Femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904–1907 -- Interlude: Furlough in France IV -- Confidential Relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908–1911 -- Interlude: Furlough in France V -- Paperwork and Bullets: The Years of Scholarship and War, 1912–18 -- Governor, Savant, Adopted Son: St Louis, 1919–1927 -- The Monk of St Louis, 1927–1939 -- General Bibliography -- Bibliography of Henri Gaden’s Published Works -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers the first full-length biography of Henri Gaden, an exceptional French colonial character who lived through some of the most radical transformations in West African history. It provides an in-depth, intimate and rounded portrayal of the man, his place in history, and the contradictions, tensions and ambiguities not only in his personal and professional life but also at the |
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heart of the colonial enterprise. Soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, Henri Gaden (1867-1939) lived for 45 years in West Africa. Faced with the chaos, insecurity and insanity of colonial existence, Gaden experienced a rich mosaic of human pain and passion, of curiosity and intellectual endeavour, of folly and failure. |
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