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Slavery and colonial rule in French West Africa
- Title
- Slavery and colonial rule in French West Africa / Martin A. Klein.
- Author
- Klein, Martin A.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Details
- Description
- xxi, 354 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This is a history of slavery during the 19th and 20th centuries in 3 former French colonies. This book investigates the changing nature of local slavery, and the evolving French attitudes towards it.
- Series Statement
- African studies series ; 94
- Uniform Title
- African studies series ; 94.
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Slavery > Africa, French-speaking West > History > 19th century
- Slavery > Africa, French-speaking West > History > 20th century
- Slavery > Senegal > History
- Slavery > Guinea > History
- Slavery > Mali > History
- Attitude change > France
- Slavery
- French colonies
- Administration
- Attitude change
- France > Colonies > Administration > Attitudes
- France > Colonies > Africa > 19th century
- France > Colonies > Africa > 20th century
- French-speaking Western Africa
- Guinea
- Mali
- Senegal
- Africa
- France
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.
- Contents
- Slavery in the Western Sudan -- Abolition and retreat, Senegal 1848-1876 -- Slavery, slave-trading and social revolution -- Senegal after Brière -- Conquest of the Sudan: Desbordes to Archinard -- Senegal in the 1890s -- The end of the conquest -- The imposition of metropolitan priorities on slavery -- With smoke and mirrors: slavery and the conquest of Guinea -- The Banamba Exodus -- French fears and the limits to an emancipation policy -- Looking for the tracks. How they did it -- After the war: renegotiating social relations -- A question of honor.
- Call Number
- Sc E 10-459
- ISBN
- 0521593247
- 9780521593243
- 0521596785
- 9780521596787
- 0521566785 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 97027996
- OCLC
- 37300720
- Author
- Klein, Martin A., author.
- Title
- Slavery and colonial rule in French West Africa / Martin A. Klein.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- African studies series ; 94African studies series ; 94.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 10-459