| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 373 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies |
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Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. The indigénat regime. An exceptional legal regime -- Making the French "native subject" in Oceania -- Bringing the indigénat to New Caledonia -- Part II. The order of practices : The indigénat at work. Establishing the indigénat : the era of the administrators -- Stabilizing a colonial order : gendarmes, grands chefs, and petits chefs -- Imposing the head tax -- Controlling mobility and residence -- Part III. The indigénat and the "native condition" in the first half of the 20th century. The impossible reform : debating the indigénat in the empire and New Caledonia -- Putting "natives" to work : the indigénat and the colonial labor system between the wars -- The end of the indigénat? -- Epilogue. Ongoing debates |
| Summary |
This book provides a long history of France's infamous indigénat regime, from its origins in Algeria to its contested practices and legacies in Frances South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The term indigenat is synonymous throughout the francophone world with the rigours and injustices of the colonial era under French rule. The indigenat regime or 'Native Code' governed the lives of peoples classified as French 'native' subjects in colonies as diverse as Algeria, West Africa, Madagascar, Indochina and New Caledonia. In New Caledonia it was introduced by decree in 1887 and remained in force until Kanak New Caledonias Indigenous people obtained citizenship in 1946. Among the colonial tools and legal mechanisms associated with Frances colonial empire it is the one that has had the greatest impact on the memory of the colonized. Focussing on New Caledonia, the last remaining part of overseas France to have experienced the full force of the indigenat, this book illustrates the way that certain measures were translated into colonial practices, and sheds light on the tensions involved in the making of France as both a nation and a colonial empire. The first book to provide a comprehensive history of the indigenat regime, explaining how it first came into being and survived up until 1946 despite its constant denunciation, this is an important contribution to French Imperial History and Pacific History. Isabelle Merle is Director of Research in the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) attached to the Centre for Research and Documentation on Oceania (CREDO) at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. She is a specialist in the history of colonisation and the Pacific region, including New Caledonia. Her publications include two books and a wide range of articles on aspects of colonial history, such as subjecthood and citizenship. Adrian Muckle is a Senior Lecturer in the History Programme at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is a historian of the Pacific Islands region including its intersection with histories of New Zealand and the French empire. His primary interests include colonialism, decolonisation, violence and race relations, with much of his research focussing on colonial rule and its legacies in New Caledonia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- France -- Colonies -- History
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New Caledonia
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French colonies
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Law -- French colonies
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New Caledonia -- History
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France -- Colonies -- History
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New Caledonia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Muckle, Adrian, author
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| ISBN |
9783030990336 |
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3030990338 |
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