The Uprooted: Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina, 1890–1980 9780824858117
For over a century French officials in Indochina systematically uprooted métis children—those born of Southeast Asian mo
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Founding of the Métis Protection Societies, 1870–1908
2. Frenchmen’s Children, 1909–1929
3. The Great Depression and Centralization, 1929–1938
4. War, Political Loyalty, and Racial Demography, 1938–1945
5. The Last French Island in Indochina, 1945–1956
6. Victims of Decolonization, 1957–1980
Epilogue
Appendix: Fédération des Oeuvres de l’Enfance Française d’Indochine
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
