The indigénat and France's empire in New Caledonia : origins, practices and legacies /: origins, practices and legacies. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Isabelle Merle, Adrian Muckle.
• Authors: Merle, Isabelle; Muckle, Adrian
• Contents: 1. Introduction.- Part I. The Genesis of an Exceptional Regime in France, Algeria, Cochinchina and Oceania.- 2. The History of an 'Exceptional' Legal Regime.- 3. Voyage to Oceania: The Making of 'French Native Subjects' in Tahiti, the Marquesas and New Caledonia.- 4. Bringing the Indigénat to New Caledonia.- Part II. The Indigénat at Work in New Caledonia.- Chapter 5. Establishing the Indigénat: The Work of the Administrators and Chiefs.- 6. Stabilising a Colonial Order: Gendarmes, Grands Chefs and Petits Chefs.- 7. The Head Tax and the Making of the 'Native'.- 8. Controlling Mobility, Segregation and Sociability.- Part III. The Indigénat and the Condition of the 'Native' in the First Half of the Twentieth Century.- 9. The Impossible Reform: Debating the Indigénat in the Empire and in New Caledonia.- 10. Putting 'Natives' to Work: The Indigénat and the Colonial Labour System between the Wars.- 11. The End of the Indigénat.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 995.97; Law -- France -- Colonies -- History; Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc -- New Caledonia; New Caledonia -- History; France -- Colonies -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030990336
• Related ISBNs: 9783030990329
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