Pub Date: March 16, 2000
Dewey: 306.846
LCCN: 99038791
Lexile Code: 1670
Features: Bibliography, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.73" H x 8.34" L x 6.22" W ( 0.86 lbs) 210 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Sociology | Marriage and Family | History | Africa | Language Arts and Disciplines | Linguistics | General
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
Description: This book vividly recreates the lives and identities of the children born of relationships between French men and African women in colonial French West Africa. It shows how colonial policies and attitudes influenced the lives of this mixed-race population and analyzes their responses to living in a racially divided society.