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Author Cooper, Frederick, 1947- author.

Title Citizenship between empire and nation : remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960 / Frederick Cooper
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014

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Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Notes on Language and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 From French Empire to French Union -- Chapter 2 A Constitution for an Empire of Citizens -- Chapter 3 Defining Citizenship, 1946-1956 -- Chapter 4 Claiming Citizenship: French West Africa, 1946-1956 -- Chapter 5 Reframing France: The Loi­Cadre and African Federalism, 1956-1957 -- Chapter 6 From Overseas Territory to Member State: Constitution and Conflict, 1958 -- Chapter 7 Unity and Division in Africa and France, 1958-1959 -- Chapter 8 Becoming National -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Diplomatic relations
Decolonization
SUBJECT France -- Foreign relations -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Africa -- Foreign relations -- France -- History -- 20th century
France -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051414
Africa -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000611
Subject Africa
France
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400850280
1400850282
1306862132
9781306862134