Burton

French & West Indian Burton

Jacket Description/Back: In 1946, after more than three hundred years as French colonies, Martinique, Guadaloupe, and French Guiana were transformed into 'overseas departments' of France, equal and identical in theory to any other French department. This book assess the effects of almost half a century of political assimilation into France and asks to what extent the high standard of living enjoyed by French West Indians today has been offset by losses on the political, cultural, and psychological levels. Biographical Note: Richard D. E. Burton teaches French in the School of African and Asian Studies at Sussex University. He is the author of the forthcoming Famille, ideologie et pouvoir a la Martinique 1789-1992. He has also written extensively on nineteenth-century French literature and has published two books on Baudelaire. Fred Reno teaches political science at the Universite de Rennes II. Of Martinician origin, he is director of the research laboratory Territoires et Pouvoir Local. He has published widely on West Indian politics and institutions and has written a thesis comparing constitutional developments in Martinique and Barbados.

Contributor Bio:  Burton, Richard D E Burton has recently retired as Professor of French and Francophone Literature at the University of Sussex. Contributor Bio:  Reno, Fred Robert Hudson is Senior Lecturer in European Studies at the University of Derby. Fred Reno is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Universite des Antilles at de la Guyane, France.