Nearly native, barely civilized : Henri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939) /

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Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers an in-depth, intimate and rounded biography of Henri Gaden (1867-1939), an exceptional colonial soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, who lived for 45 years in French West Africa.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dilley, Roy, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2014.
Colección:African history (Brill Academic Publishers) ; v. 3.
Temas:
Gaden, Henri, > 1867-1939.
Gaden, Henri, > 1867-1939
1884-1960
Colonial administrators > Africa, West > Biography.
Linguists > Biography.
Administrateurs coloniaux > Afrique occidentale > Biographies.
Linguistes > Biographies.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Colonial administrators
Linguists
Politics and government
Africa, West > Politics and government > 1884-1960.
Mauritania > Biography.
Afrique occidentale > Politique et gouvernement > 1884-1960.
West Africa
Mauritania
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A funeral: Thursday, 14th December 1939
  • Gironde, Paris and beyond
  • Agent of commerce, African novice: from Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894-1896
  • Interlude: furlough in France I
  • On the trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897-1899
  • Interlude: furlough in France II
  • The mallam and the qadis: a posting to Zinder, 1900-1903
  • Interlude: furlough in France III
  • Cherchez la femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904-1907
  • Interlude: furlough in France IV
  • Confidential relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908-1911
  • Interlude: furlough in France V
  • Paperwork and bullets: the years of scholarship and war, 1912-18
  • Governor, savant, adopted son: St Louis, 1919-1927
  • The monk of St Louis, 1927-1939.

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