Republican citizenship in French Colonial Pondicherry, 1870-1914 / Anne Raffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raffin, Anne, 1966- author.

Series:

Asian history.

Asian history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--India--Puducherry (Union Territory).

Citizenship.

Puducherry (India : Union Territory)--History--19th century.

Puducherry (India : Union Territory).

Puducherry (India : Union Territory)--History--20th century.

Puducherry (India : Union Territory)--Politics and government.

France--Colonies--Asia--Administration.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This work of historical sociology revisits and analyses the earlier part of the Third Republic (1870-1914), when France granted citizenship rights to Indians in Pondicherry. It explores the nature of this colonial citizenship and enables comparisons with British India, especially the Madras Presidency, as well as the rest of the French empire, as a means of demonstrating how unique the practice of granting such rights was. The difficulties of implementing a new political culture based on the language of rights and participatory political institutions were not so much rooted in a lack of assimilation into the French culture on the part of the Indian population; rather, they were the result of political infighting and long-term conflicts over status, both in relation to caste and class, and between inclusive and exclusive visions of French citizenship.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Asian History

Table of Contents

List of Diagrams, Graphs, Images, Maps, and Tables

Acknowledgements

1. Pondicherry in the French Empire during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

2. Contextualizing Pondicherry within the French Empire and the Indian Subcontinent

3. Inclusive and Exclusive Visions of Citizenship in French India

4. Education and Army

5. The Art of Petitioning in a Colonial Setting

6. From Electoral Politics to Expansion of Rights and National Independence

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Raffin, Anne Republican Citizenship in French Colonial Pondicherry, 1870-1914

ISBN:

90-485-5355-5

OCLC:

1294142922