Children of the French Empire: Miscegenation and Colonial Society in French West Africa 1895-1960

ISBN-13: 9780198208198 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 216 str.

Owen White

Opis

This book vividly recreates the lives and identities of the children born of relationships between French men and African women in colonial French West Africa. It shows how colonial policies and attitudes influenced the lives of this mixed-race population and analyzes their responses to living in a racially divided society.

Recenzje

An important contribution to current debates over competing philosophies of French colonial governance and the all-to-frequent chasm between high-minded theory and less impressive practice.