French Caribbeans in Africa [electronic resource] : Diasporic Connections and Colonial Administration, 1880-1939 /
Hélénon, Véronique.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Anthropology.
Africa-History.
Africa-Politics and government.
Ethnology.
Economic development.
Anthropology.
African History.
African Politics.
Cultural Anthropology.
Sociology, general.
Development Studies.