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Paradise destroyed : catastrophe and citizenship in the French Caribbean /

Over a span of thirty years in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe endured natural catastrophes from all the elements-earth, wind, fire, and water-as well as a collapsing sugar industry, civil unrest, and political intrigue. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Church, Christopher M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Colección:France overseas.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. French Race, Tropical Space
  • 2. The Language of Citizenship
  • 3. The Calculus of Disaster
  • 4. The Political Summation
  • 5. Marianne Decapitated
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography