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Author:

Childers, Kristen Stromberg, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003099150

Title:

Seeking imperialism's embrace : national identity, decolonization, and assimilation in the French Caribbean / Kristen Stromberg Childers.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

West Indies, French--History.--History.
Martinique--History.--History.
Guadeloupe--History.--History.
West Indies, French--Colonial influence.
Nationalism--West Indies, French--History.
Decolonization--West Indies, French--History.
Acculturation--West Indies, French--History.
Imperialism--History.--West Indies, French--History.
West Indies, French--Relations--France.
France--Relations--West Indies, French.
Acculturation.
Colonial influence.
Decolonization.
Imperialism--Social aspects.
International relations.
Nationalism.
Race relations.
France.
Guadeloupe.
Lesser Antilles--West Indies, French.
Martinique.
Entkolonialisierung.
Nationalbewusstsein.
Frankophone Antillen.
History.

Notes:

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.

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.

ISBN:

0195382838
9780195382839

OCLC:

(OCoLC)927617964

LCCN:

2015018331

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)