The Indigénat and France’s Empire in New Caledonia Origins, Practices and Legacies
Her publications include two books and a wide range of articles on aspects of colonial history, such as subjecthood and citizenship. Adrian Muckle is a Senior Lecturer in the History Programme at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is a historian of the Pacific Islands region includ...
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Palgrave Macmillan
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. The Genesis of an Exceptional Regime in France, Algeria, Cochinchina and Oceania
- 2. The History of an 'Exceptional' Legal Regime
- 3. Voyage to Oceania: The Making of 'French Native Subjects' in Tahiti, the Marquesas and New Caledonia
- 4. Bringing the Indigénat to New Caledonia
- Part II. The Indigénat at Work in New Caledonia
- Chapter 5. Establishing the Indigénat: The Work of the Administrators and Chiefs
- 6. Stabilising a Colonial Order: Gendarmes, Grands Chefs and Petits Chefs
- 7. The Head Tax and the Making of the 'Native'
- 8. Controlling Mobility, Segregation and Sociability
- Part III. The Indigénat and the Condition of the 'Native' in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 9. The Impossible Reform: Debating the Indigénat in the Empire and in New Caledonia
- 10. Putting 'Natives' to Work: The Indigénat and the Colonial Labour System between the Wars
- 11. The End of the Indigénat