La famille coloniale
Subtitle: la Martinique et la mère patrie, 1789-1992
By: Richard D.E. Burton.
Publisher: L'Harmattan
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Martinique -- History.; Martinique -- Dependency on France.
Description: "Innovative sociological study examines central idea underpinning France's political relationship with its colony: that of a mother who granted freedom to her sons. This idea draws its success from actual role played by women as mothers in modern Caribbean societies"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-303).