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Children of the French Empire: Miscegenation and Colonial Society in French West Africa 1895-1960 - Oxford Historical Monographs White, Owen (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University College, Oxford)
Children of the French Empire: Miscegenation and Colonial Society in French West Africa 1895-1960 - Oxford Historical Monographs
White, Owen (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University College, Oxford)
This book vividly recreates the lives and identities of the children born of relationships between French men and African women in colonial French West Africa. The book shows how colonial policies and attitudes influenced the lives of this mixed-race population, and analyses their responses to living in a racially divided society.
210 pages, 1 map
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 16, 2000 |
| Original release date | 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198208198 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 210 |
| Dimensions | 143 × 223 × 18 mm · 390 g |
| Language | English |