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The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa
Hilary Jones
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Description for The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa
Paperback. A history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
The Métis of Senegal is a history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism. Hilary Jones describes how the métis carved out a niche as middleman traders for European merchants. As the colonial presence spread, the métis entered into politics and began to assert their position as local elites and power brokers against French rule. Many of the descendants of these traders continue to wield influence in contemporary Senegal. Jones's nuanced portrait of métis ascendency examines the influence of family connections, marriage negotiations, and inheritance laws from both male and female perspectives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253006745
SKU
V9780253006745
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99-50
About Hilary Jones
Hilary Jones is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Reviews for The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa
[This] book brings welcome new emphasis to family and gender dynamics, as viewed, for example, through the material life of métis households. [The author's] use of marriage contracts and genealogies, as well as documents she located in Bordeaux, has helped her to advance existing scholarship.85.1 Feb. 2015
Africa
Jones's book is the result of extensive research in state, parish, and private archives and newspapers in Dakar and St Louis, Bordeaux, and Paris. . . The book expands the recent historiography on the meanings of the term 'métis' beyond the perspectives of French colonial society. Furthermore, Jones makes the important contribution of arguing for the ways in which women and household politics continued to influence the public sphere even as the French bolstered African men and state institutions as the locus of political power and wealth.55.3 Nov.2014
Journal of African History
[T]his well-documented and well-written book represents a compelling case study for understanding the nature of the colonial encounter between Africans and Europeans in French West Africa.
International Journal of African Historical Studies
The métis (mixed-ancestry community of Saint-Louis has played an important role in Senegal's history. The most prominent descended from signares, successful female entrepreneurs and high-status 'companions' of European men. Historian Jones . . . rescues the métis from lingering voluptuary associations, exploring their 18th-century origins and how they created a distinct communty identity. . . . Recommended.
Choice
Overall, Jones's book represents an important contribution to studies of the French colonial presence in Africa, exploring that presence through a new and productive perspective that offers nuanced and often surprising insights.
Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies
[T]his is an immensely successful first book, and we can only hope that Jones will delve deeper into some of these topics in her future work.
American Historical Review
Africa
Jones's book is the result of extensive research in state, parish, and private archives and newspapers in Dakar and St Louis, Bordeaux, and Paris. . . The book expands the recent historiography on the meanings of the term 'métis' beyond the perspectives of French colonial society. Furthermore, Jones makes the important contribution of arguing for the ways in which women and household politics continued to influence the public sphere even as the French bolstered African men and state institutions as the locus of political power and wealth.55.3 Nov.2014
Journal of African History
[T]his well-documented and well-written book represents a compelling case study for understanding the nature of the colonial encounter between Africans and Europeans in French West Africa.
International Journal of African Historical Studies
The métis (mixed-ancestry community of Saint-Louis has played an important role in Senegal's history. The most prominent descended from signares, successful female entrepreneurs and high-status 'companions' of European men. Historian Jones . . . rescues the métis from lingering voluptuary associations, exploring their 18th-century origins and how they created a distinct communty identity. . . . Recommended.
Choice
Overall, Jones's book represents an important contribution to studies of the French colonial presence in Africa, exploring that presence through a new and productive perspective that offers nuanced and often surprising insights.
Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies
[T]his is an immensely successful first book, and we can only hope that Jones will delve deeper into some of these topics in her future work.
American Historical Review