Empire's children
Subtitle: race, filiation, and citizenship in the French colonies
By: Emmanuelle Saada ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer
Contributors: Goldhammer, Arthur
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226733074; 9780226733081
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Legal status, laws; Citizenship; Racially mixed people; Colonies; History; Ethnic relations; Miscegenation
Work titles: Enfants de la colonie
Notes: Originally published in French as Les enfants de la colonie: Les métis de l'Empire français entre sujétion et citoyenneté.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Frederick Cooper; title: Introduction; title: Le métissage: a colonial social problem; title: An imperial question; title: A threat to the colonial order; title: "Reclassifying" the métis; title: The law takes up the "métis question"; title: Nationality and citizenship in the colonial situation; title: The controversy over "fraudulent recognitions"; title: Investigating paternity in the colonies; title: Citizens by virtue of race; title: The force of law; title: The effects of citizenship; title: Identities under the law; title: French nationality and citizenship reconsidered; title: Conclusion.