Paradise Destroyed - Catastrophe and Citizenship in the French Caribbean

Informationen zum Autor Christopher M. Church is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno. Klappentext Christopher M. Church is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno.¿ Zusammenfassung Explores the impact of natural and man-made disasters in the turn-of-the-century French Caribbean! examining the social! economic! and political implications of shared citizenship in times of civil unrest. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Colonialism, Catastrophe, and National Integration 1. French Race, Tropical Space: The French Caribbean during the Third Republic 2. The Language of Citizenship: Compatriotism and the Great Antillean Fires of 1890 3. The Calculus of Disaster: Sugar and the Hurricane of 18 August 1891 4. The Political Summation: Incendiarism, Civil Unrest, and Legislative Catastrophe at the Turn of the Century 5. Marianne Decapitated: The 1902 Eruption of Mount Pelée Epilogue: National Identity and Integration after the First World War Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Christopher M Church, Christopher M. Church
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780803290990
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-9099-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: France Overseas: Studies in Em; France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization; France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization; France Overseas: Studies in Em
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous