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Interlopers of empire : the Lebanese diaspora in colonial French West Africa / Andrew Arsan.
By: Arsan, Andrew [author.]
.Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: Ã2014Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 341 pages) : maps (black and white).Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199388202 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Lebanese -- Africa, West -- History | Lebanese -- Africa, West -- Social conditions | France -- Colonies -- Africa, West -- History | France -- Colonies -- Africa, West -- Race relationsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199333387DDC classification: 305.89275692066 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This work is the first comprehensive history of the Lebanese migrant communities of colonial French West Africa, a vast expanse covering present-day Senegal, Cãote d'Ivoire, Mali, Guinea, Benin and Mauritania. While others have concentrated on these migrants' role in the colonial economy, this work reconstructs not just their commercial undertakings and strategies, but also their everyday practices, understandings of place and kin, and political thoughts and sentiments. In doing so, it makes the case for a new understanding of diasporic life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is the first comprehensive history of the Lebanese migrant communities of colonial French West Africa, a vast expanse covering present-day Senegal, Cãote d'Ivoire, Mali, Guinea, Benin and Mauritania. While others have concentrated on these migrants' role in the colonial economy, this work reconstructs not just their commercial undertakings and strategies, but also their everyday practices, understandings of place and kin, and political thoughts and sentiments. In doing so, it makes the case for a new understanding of diasporic life.
Description based on print version record.