The métis of Senegal : urban life and politics in French West Africa /
This book is a history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism. The author describes how the métis carved out a niche as middleman traders for European merchants. As the colonial presence spread, the métis enter...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2013]
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Signares, habitants, and grumets in the making of Saint Louis
- Métis society and transformations in the colonial economy (1820-70)
- Religion, marriage, and material culture
- Education, association, and an independent press
- From outpost to empire
- Electoral politics and the métis (1870-90)
- Urban politics and the limits of republicanism (1890-1920).