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Citizenship between empire and nation : remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960 /

As the French public debates its present diversity and its colonial past, few remember that between 1946 and 1960 the inhabitants of French colonies possessed the rights of French citizens. Moreover, they did not have to conform to the French civil code that regulated marriage and inheritance. One c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, Frederick, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:As the French public debates its present diversity and its colonial past, few remember that between 1946 and 1960 the inhabitants of French colonies possessed the rights of French citizens. Moreover, they did not have to conform to the French civil code that regulated marriage and inheritance. One could, in principle, be a citizen and different too. Citizenship between Empire and Nation examines momentous changes in notions of citizenship, sovereignty, nation, state, and empire in a time of acute uncertainty about the future of a world that had earlier been divided into colonial empires. Fre.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400850280
1400850282
1306862132
9781306862134