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

• Autore: Hélénon Véronique
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 960.0405; 966/.00405410960729
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology; Africa-History; Africa-Politics and government; Ethnology; Economic development; African History; African Politics; Cultural Anthropology; Sociology, general; Development Studies
• Soggetto geografico: France Colonies Africa Administration History; France Colonies Africa History
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: French Caribbeans in Africa
• ISBN: 1-283-09681-1; 9786613096814; 0-230-11875-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791981503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II