Benton and Clulow's article echoes Isabelle Surun's analysis of early French imperialism in Western Africa:
▶️ Isabelle SURUN, Writing Sovereignty in Invisible Ink? Autochthonous Sovereignty and Territorial Appropriations in Nineteenth-Century Franco-African Treaties
👉 https://doi.org/10.1017/S2398568200000741
#histodons #africa #frenchempire #informalempire #annalesinenglish
How to understand interracial intimacies in a colonial context, when they mainly developed "under the administrative radar," thus leaving few traces? Following the trajectory of one such family in New Caledonia with ethnographic and archival work, Adrian Muckle and Benoît Trépied reflect on the possibilities and limits of such intimate relationships, whose invisibility reveals tells us much about the limitations of colonial control.
▶️ Adrian MUCKLE & Benoît TRÉPIED, Under the Colonial Radar? The History and Memory of an “Invisible” Mixed-Race Household in New Caledonia
👉 https://doi.org/10.1017/ahsse.2024.20
#AnnalesinEnglish #annaleshss #histodons @histodons #newcaledonia #frenchempire #colonialism #interracial #intimacy #anthropology
McGill-Queens University Press is flexing some Canadian certainty with its code: SNOW30. Use to get 30% off all online book orders through December 31. (the sale will end, the snow will continue...)
Delighted to see that includes _The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France's Most Notorious Drink_ by @drninastuder. Part of the _Intoxicating Histories_ series, _The Hour of Absinthe_ shows, to quote its tag line: how colonialism, madness, and murder turned the green fairy into the opium of the West. 🧚♂️
https://www.mqup.ca/hour-of-absinthe-products-9780228022206.php
#colonialism #absinthe #France #history #histodons #FrenchEmpire #AlcoholHistory #Bookstodon
"[A] book talk with #MuriamHalehDavis about her new book, #MarketsOfCivilization: Islam and #RacialCapitalism in #Algeria [..] She will address how the framework of racial capitalism might be expanded to reflect on the history of the #FrenchEmpire in #NorthAfrica, as well as the porous boundaries between race and religion in colonial (and post-colonial) Algeria."
#ColonialAlgeria #colonialism #FrenchColonialism #Maghreb #SettlerColonialism #books
https://archive.org/details/early-printing-in
Early Printing in Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar and the Seychelles by Auguste Toussaint
Topics
#Mauritius, #Réunion, #Madagascar, #Seychelles, #printing, #printculture, #printcultures, #literacy, #printhistory, #colonialism, #frenchcolonialism, #IndianOcean, #Africanhistory, #historyofAfrica, #indianoceanworld, #Mascarenes, #frenchempire
The Spread of Printing: Eastern Hemisphere
https://archive.org/details/slavery-and-the-french-revolutionists
Slavery and the French Revolutionists (1788-1805) by Anna Julia Cooper; Frances Richardson Keller
Topics
#slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #antiblackness, #frenchrevolution, #HaitianRevolution, #frenchempire, #frenchcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #Haiti, #paris, #translatlanticslavetrade, #abolitionists, #abolitionism, #Martinique, #Matinik, #Matnik, #counterrevolution
The first translation and publication of a 1925 doctoral dissertation written for the University of Paris by a 67-year-old Black amerikan expatriate woman who had been born a slave. Her study of the french revolutionists' view of slavery is crucial to understanding the growth of human rights.
The paperback of 'Foundations' is now available for pre-order! The release date is 15 June so pre-ordered Epub or Kindle versions will now arrive on the 15th. RRP $33 NZD ($20 USD). The paperback is currently available on Amazon and will be in other online retailers very soon! #memoir #history #colonialhistory #Frenchempire #foundations #newbook #author #writing #literarynonfiction #NewZealandHistory #AustralianHistory #colonialism #Auckland #familyhistory #oralhistories https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0473636891?tag=books2read02-20
https://archive.org/details/europeanimperialism
Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism by James S. Olson; Robert Shadle; Ross Marlay; William G. Ratliff; Joseph M. Rowe, Jr.; Judith E. Olson; J. Larry Murdock
Topics
#imperialism, #europe, #history, #colonialism, #dictionaries, #historicaldictionaries, #spanishempire, #spanishimperialism, #spanishcolonialism, #portugueseempire, #portugueseimperialism, #portuguesecolonialism, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #britishimperialism, #britishcolonialism, #britishempire, #dutchempire, #dutchimperialism, #dutchcolonialism, #frenchempire, #frenchimperialism, #frenchcolonialism, #germanempire, #germanimperialism, #germancolonialism, #belgianempire, #belgianimperialism, #belgiancolonialism, #italianempire, #italianimperialism, #italiancolonialism, #genocide, #spain, #portugal, #britain, #greatbritain, #unitedkingdom, #españa, #thenetherlands, #netherlands, #nederland, #holland, #france, #germany, #deutschland, #belgium, #belgië, #belgique, #belgien, #italy, #italia, #empire, #empires, #whitesupremacy
The major focus of this historical dictionary is on the Spanish, Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, German, Belgian, and Italian empires during the past 500 years.
