Kristen Stromberg Childers (Associa Associate Professor of History

Seeking Imperialism's Embrace

National Identity, Decolonization, and Assimilation in the French Caribbean

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1946, the people of the French Antilles--the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe--chose the path of assimilation rather than independence from France. Their histories offer an important contrast to the wars of decolonization following World War II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780195382839
• ISBN-10: 0195382838
• Artikelnr.: 47868799

Autorenporträt

Kristen Stromberg Childers is Associate Professor of History at Eastern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: The Second World War as a Turning Point in the French Caribbean
Chapter Two: Liberation Choices
Chapter Three: Geography, History, Identity
Chapter Four: The Struggle over History in the Antilles
Chapter Five: Difference and Belonging: The Illusions of Equality
Chapter Six: The Gender and Family Dynamics of Departmentalization
Chapter Seven: Migration Flows and the Politics of Exclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index