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The métis of Senegal : urban life and politics in French West Africa / Hilary Jones.
Van Pelt Library DT549.9.S24 J66 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Hilary, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiracial people--Senegal--Saint-Louis--Social conditions--19th century.
- Multiracial people.
- Colonies.
- Administration.
- Political leadership.
- History.
- Metropolitan government.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Assimilation (Sociology).
- Sociology, Urban.
- Social conditions.
- Saint-Louis (Senegal)--Social conditions--19th century.
- Saint-Louis (Senegal).
- Sociology, Urban--Senegal--Saint-Louis.
- Assimilation (Sociology)--Senegal--Saint-Louis.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Senegal--Saint-Louis.
- Saint-Louis (Senegal)--Politics and government--19th century.
- Metropolitan government--Senegal--Saint-Louis--History--19th century.
- Political leadership--Senegal--Saint-Louis--History--19th century.
- France--Colonies--Africa--Administration.
- France.
- Africa.
- Senegal--Saint-Louis.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- The Métis of Senegal is a history of politics and society among on influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism. Hilary Jones describes how the métis carved out a niche as middleman traders for European merchants. As the colonial presence spread, the métis entered into politics and began to assert their position as local elites and power brokers against French rule. Many of the descendants of these traders continue to wield influence in contemporary Senegal. Jones's nuanced portrait of métis ascendancy examines the influence of family connections, marriage negotiations, and inheritance laws from both male and female perspectives. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Signares, habitants, and grumets in the making of Saint Louis
- Métis society and transformations in the colonial economy (1820-70)
- Religion, marriage, and material culture
- Education, association, and an independent press
- From outpost to empire
- Electoral politics and the métis (1870-90)
- Urban politics and the limits of republicanism (1890-1920).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253006738
- 0253006732
- 9780253006745
- 0253006740
- 0253007054
- 9780253007056
- OCLC:
- 760973502
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