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Seeking imperialism's embrace : national identity, decolonization, and assimilation in the French Caribbean
Title
Seeking imperialism's embrace : national identity, decolonization, and assimilation in the French Caribbean / Kristen Stromberg Childers.
ISBN
9780195382839 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0195382838 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Publication
Oxford UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
ix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 16, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-265) and index.
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.
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