Imperial Burdens : Countercolonialism in Former French India / William F.S. Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, William F.S., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Miles explores the modern-day legacy of French colonialism in India and comes to the unorthodox conclusion that the nature of the fledgling French decolonization process, contrary to what might be expected, created a relationship whereby the former colonized are now exploiting the former colonizers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Anomaly of French India

1 French Indians and the Franco-Tamilian Community

2 The Nationality Nub

3 The Merger Movement

4 Politics: Pondicherry and Pondichery

5 Education and Language

6 The Economic Burden

7 Presence of the Metropolitan French

8 Outside Pondichery: Double Marginalization

9 French India in Comparative Light

Interviews

References

Index

About the Book and the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-490-7

OCLC:

1378176539