The Indigénat and France’s Empire by Isabelle Merle (.PDF)
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The Indigénat and France’s Empire in New Caledonia: Origins, Practices and Legacies by Isabelle Merle, Adrian Muckle
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Overview: This book provides a long history of France’s infamous indigénat regime, from its origins in Algeria to its contested practices and legacies in France’s South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The term indigénat is synonymous throughout the francophone world with the rigours and injustices of the colonial era under French rule. The indigénat regime or ‘Native Code’ governed the lives of peoples classified as French ‘native’ subjects in colonies as diverse as Algeria, West Africa, Madagascar, Indochina and New Caledonia. In New Caledonia it was introduced by decree in 1887 and remained in force until Kanak — New Caledonia’s indigenous people — obtained citizenship in 1946. Among the colonial tools and legal mechanisms associated with France’s colonial empire it is the one that has had the greatest impact on the memory of the colonized.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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