The m�etis of Senegal [electronic resource] : urban life and politics in French West Africa / Hilary Jones.

Author/Creator:

Jones, Hilary, 1971-

Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.

Format/Description:

Book
xi, 276 p. : ill.

Subjects:

Racially mixed people -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Sociology, Urban -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis.
Assimilation (Sociology) -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis.
Metropolitan government -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis -- History -- 19th century.
Political leadership -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis -- History -- 19th century.
Saint-Louis (Senegal) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Saint-Louis (Senegal) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Contents:

Signares, habitants, and grumets in the making of Saint Louis
M�etis society and transformations in the colonial economy (1820-70)
Religion, marriage, and material culture
Education, association, and an independent press
From outpost to empire
Electoral politics and the m�etis (1870-90)
Urban politics and the limits of republicanism (1890-1920).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Contributor:

ProQuest (Firm)

ISBN:

9780253006738 (cl alk. paper)
9780253006745 (pb alk. paper)
9780253007056 (e-book)

OCLC:

854968396

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