LEADER 03448nam 2200589 450 001 9910791322503321 005 20200903223051.0 010 $a90-04-26528-7 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004265288 035 $a(CKB)2550000001200335 035 $a(EBL)1604067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1604067 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004265288 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1604067 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10832569 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL571769 035 $a(OCoLC)869641759 035 $a(PPN)178932426 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001200335 100 $a20140208h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aNearly native, barely civilized $eHenri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939) /$fby Roy Dilley 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands :$cBrill,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (460 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican History,$x2211-1441 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-40518-1 311 $a90-04-25096-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aNearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers the first full-length biography of Henri Gaden, an exceptional French colonial character who lived through some of the most radical transformations in West African history. It provides an in-depth, intimate and rounded portrayal of the man, his place in history, and the contradictions, tensions and ambiguities not only in his personal and professional life but also at the heart of the colonial enterprise. Soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, Henri Gaden (1867-1939) lived for 45 years in West Africa. Faced with the chaos, insecurity and insanity of colonial existence, Gaden experienced a rich mosaic of human pain and passion, of curiosity and intellectual endeavour, of folly and failure. 410 0$aAfrican history (Brill Academic Publishers) 606 $aColonial administrators$zAfrica, West$vBiography 606 $aLinguists$vBiography 607 $aAfrica, West$xPolitics and government$y1884-1960 607 $aMauritania$vBiography 615 0$aColonial administrators 615 0$aLinguists 676 $a966.031092 700 $aDilley$b Roy$f1954-$0251799 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791322503321 996 $aNearly native, barely civilized$93763464 997 $aUNINA