Paradise destroyed : catastrophe and citizenship in the French Caribbean /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Church, Christopher M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Series:France overseas.
Subjects:
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Politics and government
Politische Beteiligung
Naturkatastrophe
Sozialer Wandel
West Indies, French > Politics and government.
West Indies, French > History.
Antilles françaises > Histoire.
Lesser Antilles > West Indies, French
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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