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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主要作者: Jones, Hilary, 1971-
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
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書本目錄:
  • 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).