Interlopers of empire: the Lebanese diaspora in colonial French West Africa

This work is the first comprehensive history of the Lebanese migrant communities of colonial French West Africa, a vast expanse covering present-day Senegal, C{circ}ote d'Ivoire, Mali, Guinea, Benin and Mauritania. While others have concentrated on these migrants' role in the colonial econ...

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Main Author: Arsan, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford Univ. Press 2015
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Online Access:BSB01
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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, C{circ}ote 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.
Item Description:Print publication date: 2014
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780199388202
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199333387.001.0001

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