Contesting French West Africa - Battles Over Schools and the Colonial Order, 19001950

Harry Gamble examines the controversies of political and educational reform in French West Africa from the early to mid-twentieth century.
 

Sommario

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Conflicting Visions: Framing French West Africa
2. The Lessons of War: Rethinking the Originaires
3. Toward the Interior: Rural Schools and Colonial Reform
4. Reorienting African Schoolteachers: Agents of the Future
5. Léopold Sédar Senghor and the Popular Front: New Possibilities for Reform
6. The National Revolution in AOF: Debating the Future during the War Years
7. Gaullist Hesitations: From the Brazzaville Conference to the Liberation
8. The Education of African “Citizens”: Struggles over Integration
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Harry Gamble is a professor of French and francophone studies at the College of Wooster in Ohio.
 
 

Riassunto

Harry Gamble examines the controversies of political and educational reform in French West Africa from the early to mid-twentieth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Harry Gamble
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2021
• EAN: 9781496225979
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-2597-9
• Pagine: 380
• Serie: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization; France Overseas: Studies in Em
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie