Native Sons : West African Veterans and France in the Twentieth Century /
For much of the twentieth century, France recruited colonial subjects from sub-Saharan Africa to serve in its military, sending West African soldiers to fight its battles in Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Africa. In this exemplary contribution to the "new imperial history," Gregory Mann...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[2006]
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Colección: | Politics, History, and Culture : 30
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- introduction
- 1 soldier families and slavery's echoes
- 2 ex-soldiers as unruly clients, 1914-40
- 3 veterans and the political wars of 1940-60
- 4 a military culture on the move: tirailleurs sénégalais in france, africa, and asia
- 5 blood debt, immigrants, and arguments
- conclusion
- Appendix: Interviews
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- References
- Index