# Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960

Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa is a book by Frederick Cooper published in 2014 by Princeton University Press. The work is about citizenship, colonialism, and identity in France and French North Africa from 1946 to 1960.

## Structure

The work contains normal front material and a preface by the author followed by eight main chapters:
* From French Empire to French Union
* A Constitution for an Empire of Citizens
* Defining Citizenship, 1946–1956
* Claiming Citizenship: French West Africa, 1946–1956
* Reframing France: The Loi- Cadre and African Federalism, 1956–1957
* From Overseas Territory to Member State: Constitution and Conflict, 1958
* Unity and Division in Africa and France, 1958–1959
* Becoming National
The work ends with a conclusion and a bibliography.

## Academic journal reviews

* Pearson-Patel, Jessica (2015). "Reviewed work: Interlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa, Andrew Arsan". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 48 (1): 135–136. JSTOR 44715397.
* Ginio, Ruth (2015). "Reviewed work: Africa in the World: Capitalism, Empire, Nation-State, Frederick Cooper; Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960, Frederick Cooper". The American Historical Review. 120 (5): 1844–1847. doi:10.1093/ahr/120.5.1844. JSTOR 43697084.
* Cole, Joshua (2019). "Reviewed work: Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960, Frederick Cooper". French Politics, Culture & Society. 37 (3): 148–151. JSTOR 26893031.
* Oloyede, Olajide (2014). "Agony in Nation-State Building/ Agonie dans construction de la nation". African Sociological Review / Revue Africaine de Sociologie. 18 (1): 149–153. JSTOR afrisocirevi.18.1.149.
* Keese, Alexander (2015). "Reviewed work: Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945—1960, Frederick Cooper". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 46 (2): 285–287. doi:10.1162/JINH_r_00848. JSTOR 43829766. S2CID 143240867.
* Warson, Joanna (2015). "Reviewed work: Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960, FREDERICK COOPER". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 85 (3): 554–555. doi:10.1017/S0001972015000418. JSTOR 24525702. S2CID 141551866.
* Goerg, Odile (2015). "Reviewed work: Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960, Français et Africains ? Être citoyen au temps de décolonisation, « Histoire Payot », Frederick Cooper, Christian Jeanmougin". Revue Historique. 1 (673): 235–238. JSTOR 43885030.
* Schmidt, Elizabeth (2016). "The Accidental Nation-State". The Journal of African History. 57 (1): 140–141. doi:10.1017/S0021853715000572. JSTOR 44509250. S2CID 164857011.

## Awards

* 2015: George Louis Beer Prize, American Historical Association.
* 2015: Martin A. Klein Prize, American Historical Association.

## Publication history

* Cooper, Frederick (2014), Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960 (Hardback ed.), Princeton University Press

## About the author

Frederick Cooper is historian and Professor Emeritus of history at New York University; their scholarship and writing focuses on Modern African history and colonialism. Their other works include Colonialism in Question (2005) and coauthor of Empires in World History (2011).

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