The Resource To be free and French : citizenship in France's Atlantic empire, Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts, (electronic resource)
To be free and French : citizenship in France's Atlantic empire, Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts, (electronic resource)
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The item To be free and French : citizenship in France's Atlantic empire, Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute.
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- Summary
- The Haitian Revolution may have galvanized subjects of French empire in the Americas and Africa struggling to define freedom and 'Frenchness' for themselves, but Lorelle Semley reveals that this event was just one moment in a longer struggle of women and men of color for rights under the French colonial regime. Through political activism ranging from armed struggle to literary expression, these colonial subjects challenged and exploited promises in French Republican rhetoric that should have contradicted the continued use of slavery in the Americas and the introduction of exploitative labor in the colonization of Africa. They defined an alternative French citizenship, which recognized difference, particularly race, as part of a 'universal' French identity. Spanning Atlantic port cities in Haiti, Senegal, Martinique, Benin, and France, this book is a major contribution to scholarship on citizenship, race, empire, and gender, and it sheds new light on debates around human rights and immigration in contemporary France.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 362 pages)
- Contents
-
- Preface: Coincidental Crossings
- Part I: Revolutionary Foundations
- Prologue: Citizens of the World
- To Live and Die, Free and French
- Signares Before Citizens
- Part II: Colonial Constructions
- When Blacks Broke the Chains in the "Little Paris of the Antilles"
- The Trans-African Origins of Porto-Novo
- An "Evolution Revolution" in Paris
- Part III: Planning After Empire
- A More Perfect French Union
- Epilogue: The Art of Citizenship
- Isbn
- 9781107498471
- Label
- To be free and French : citizenship in France's Atlantic empire
- Title
- To be free and French
- Title remainder
- citizenship in France's Atlantic empire
- Statement of responsibility
- Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts
- Subject
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- Blacks -- Africa, West -- Politics and government
- Blacks -- West Indies, French -- Politics and government
- Citizenship -- Africa, West -- History
- Citizenship -- West Indies, French -- History
- France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Politics and government
- France -- Colonies -- America -- Politics and government
- Political activists -- Africa, West -- History
- Political activists -- West Indies, French -- History
- West Indies, French -- Politics and government
- Africa, West -- Politics and government
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Haitian Revolution may have galvanized subjects of French empire in the Americas and Africa struggling to define freedom and 'Frenchness' for themselves, but Lorelle Semley reveals that this event was just one moment in a longer struggle of women and men of color for rights under the French colonial regime. Through political activism ranging from armed struggle to literary expression, these colonial subjects challenged and exploited promises in French Republican rhetoric that should have contradicted the continued use of slavery in the Americas and the introduction of exploitative labor in the colonization of Africa. They defined an alternative French citizenship, which recognized difference, particularly race, as part of a 'universal' French identity. Spanning Atlantic port cities in Haiti, Senegal, Martinique, Benin, and France, this book is a major contribution to scholarship on citizenship, race, empire, and gender, and it sheds new light on debates around human rights and immigration in contemporary France.--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Semley, Lorelle D.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Critical perspectives on empire
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Blacks
- Blacks
- Political activists
- Political activists
- Citizenship
- Citizenship
- France
- France
- West Indies, French
- Africa, West
- Label
- To be free and French : citizenship in France's Atlantic empire, Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: Coincidental Crossings -- Part I: Revolutionary Foundations -- Prologue: Citizens of the World -- To Live and Die, Free and French -- Signares Before Citizens -- Part II: Colonial Constructions -- When Blacks Broke the Chains in the "Little Paris of the Antilles" -- The Trans-African Origins of Porto-Novo -- An "Evolution Revolution" in Paris -- Part III: Planning After Empire -- A More Perfect French Union -- Epilogue: The Art of Citizenship
- Control code
- CR9781316181669
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 362 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107498471
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)999351271
- Label
- To be free and French : citizenship in France's Atlantic empire, Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: Coincidental Crossings -- Part I: Revolutionary Foundations -- Prologue: Citizens of the World -- To Live and Die, Free and French -- Signares Before Citizens -- Part II: Colonial Constructions -- When Blacks Broke the Chains in the "Little Paris of the Antilles" -- The Trans-African Origins of Porto-Novo -- An "Evolution Revolution" in Paris -- Part III: Planning After Empire -- A More Perfect French Union -- Epilogue: The Art of Citizenship
- Control code
- CR9781316181669
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 362 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107498471
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)999351271
Subject
- Blacks -- Africa, West -- Politics and government
- Blacks -- West Indies, French -- Politics and government
- Citizenship -- Africa, West -- History
- Citizenship -- West Indies, French -- History
- France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Politics and government
- France -- Colonies -- America -- Politics and government
- Political activists -- Africa, West -- History
- Political activists -- West Indies, French -- History
- West Indies, French -- Politics and government
- Africa, West -- Politics and government
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