The métis of Senegal : urban life and politics in French West Africa /

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This book is a history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism. The author describes how the métis carved out a niche as middleman traders for European merchants. As the colonial presence spread, the métis enter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Hilary, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
1800 - 1899
Racially mixed people > Senegal > Saint-Louis > Social conditions > 19th century.
Sociology, Urban > Senegal > Saint-Louis.
Assimilation (Sociology) > Senegal > Saint-Louis.
Elite (Social sciences) > Senegal > Saint-Louis.
Metropolitan government > Senegal > Saint-Louis > History > 19th century.
Political leadership > Senegal > Saint-Louis > History > 19th century.
Sociologie urbaine > Sénégal > Saint-Louis.
Assimilation (Sociologie) > Sénégal > Saint-Louis.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Sénégal > Saint-Louis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Racially mixed people > Social conditions
French colonies
Assimilation (Sociology)
Elite (Social sciences)
Colonies > Administration
Metropolitan government
Political leadership
Politics and government
Social conditions
Sociology, Urban
Saint-Louis (Senegal) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Saint-Louis (Senegal) > Politics and government > 19th century.
France > Colonies > Africa > Administration.
Africa
Senegal > Saint-Louis
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Signares, habitants, and grumets in the making of Saint Louis
  • Métis society and transformations in the colonial economy (1820-70)
  • Religion, marriage, and material culture
  • Education, association, and an independent press
  • From outpost to empire
  • Electoral politics and the métis (1870-90)
  • Urban politics and the limits of republicanism (1890-1920).

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