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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791981503321

Autore

Hélénon Véronique

Titolo

French Caribbeans in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : Diasporic Connections and Colonial Administration, 1880–1939 / / by Véronique Hélénon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-09681-1

9786613096814

0-230-11875-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

960.0405

966/.00405410960729

Soggetti

Anthropology

Africa-History

Africa-Politics and government

Ethnology

Economic development

African History

African Politics

Cultural Anthropology

Sociology, general

Development Studies

France Colonies Africa Administration History

France Colonies Africa History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Colonial Diaspora: The French Caribbean and the Colonial Administration in Africa, 1880-1939; 1 From the Sugar Plantation to the Colonial Administration; 2 The Dimensions of Caribbean Assimilationism; 3 The Colonial Administrative Machinery; 4 The Logics of the Colonial Administration;



Conclusion; Appendix: List of Colonial Administrators from Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Guyane Appointed to Africa between 1880 and 1939; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book-length study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, it explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II.