The Uprooted - Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina, 1890-1980

For over a century French officials in Indochina systematically uprooted métis children - those born of Southeast Asian mothers and white, African, or Indian fathers - from their homes. The Uprooted offers an in-depth investigation of this child-removal program: the motivations behind it, reception of it, and resistance to it.

Info autore

Christina Elizabeth Firpo is associate professor of Southeast Asian history at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

Riassunto

For over a century French officials in Indochina systematically uprooted métis children - those born of Southeast Asian mothers and white, African, or Indian fathers - from their homes. The Uprooted offers an in-depth investigation of this child-removal program: the motivations behind it, reception of it, and resistance to it.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christina Elizabeth Firpo
• Con la collaborazione di: David P Chandler (Editore), David P. Chandler (Editore), Rita Smith Kipp (Editore)
• Editore: University of hawaii press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780824875152
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7515-2
• Pagine: 260
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory; Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia