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Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960
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Description for Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960
Hardback. 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. This book shows how both France and its former colonies backed into more "national" conceptions of the state than either had sought. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 850.
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. Frederick Cooper explains how African ... Read more
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. Frederick Cooper explains how African ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691161310
SKU
V9780691161310
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About Cooper
Frederick Cooper is professor of history at New York University and has been visiting professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, the Ecole Normale Superieure, and the Universite de Paris VII. His many books include Colonialism in Question and Empires in World History (Princeton).
Reviews for Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960
Winner of the Martin A. Klein Prize 2015, American Historical Association Winner of the George Louis Beer Prize 2015, American Historical Association "The question posed by Frederick Cooper is one that philosophers would relish; so also political scientists and indeed social theorists. It fits excellently into a discourse, mostly at an abstract level, beloved by these scholars."
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