Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : French African soldiers and female conjugal partners in colonial militarism -- Marrying in the military : colonization, emancipation, and marital community in West Africa, 1880-1900 -- Colonial conquest "en famille" : African military households in Congo and Madagascar, 1880-1905 -- Mesdames Tirailleurs and black villages : trans-Saharan experiences in the conquest of Morocco, 1908-18 -- Domestic affairs in the great war : legal plurality, citizenship, and family benefits, 1914-18 -- Challenging colonial order : long-distance, interracial, and cross-colonial conjugal relationships, 1918-46 -- Afro-Vietnamese military households in French Indochina and West Africa, 1930-56 -- Epilogue : decolonization, Algeria, and legacies.
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