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Seeking imperialism's embrace : national identity, decolonization, and assimilation in the French Caribbean / Kristen Stromberg Childers.

LIBRA F2151 .C53 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Childers, Kristen Stromberg.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Relations.
Imperialism--Social aspects.
History.
Imperialism.
Acculturation.
Decolonization.
Nationalism.
Race relations.
West Indies, French--Race relations--History.
West Indies, French.
Martinique--Race relations--History.
Martinique.
Guadeloupe--Race relations--History.
Guadeloupe.
West Indies, French--Colonial influence.
Nationalism--West Indies, French--History.
Decolonization--West Indies, French--History.
Acculturation--West Indies, French--History.
Imperialism--Social aspects--West Indies, French--History.
West Indies, French--Relations--France.
France--Relations--West Indies, French.
France.
Colonial influence.
International relations.
Lesser Antilles--West Indies, French.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
ix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Summary:
"This book explores France's complex history of integration and national identity by tracing the unique and historically significant political journey of the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, the French Antilles"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The Second World War as a turning point in the French Caribbean
Liberation choices
Geography, history, identity
The struggle over history in the Antilles
Difference and belonging : the illusions of equality
The gender and family dynamics of departmentalization
Migration flows and the politics of exclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780195382839
0195382838
OCLC:
927617964

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