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" Native sons : "
Gregory Mann.
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BL
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847029
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Mann, Gregory,1971-
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Native sons : : West African veterans and France in the twentieth century /\ Gregory Mann.
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| Publication Statement
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Durham :: Duke University Press,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Politics, history, and culture
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ix, 333 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm.
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082233755X
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: 0822337681
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: 9780822337553
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: 9780822337683
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320) and index.
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| Contents
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Soldier families and slavery's echoes -- Ex-soldiers as unruly clients, 1914-40 -- Veterans and the political wars of 1940-60 -- A military culture on the move : Tirailleurs Sénégalais in France, Africa, and Asia -- Blood debt, immigrants, and arguments.
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"For much of the twentieth century, France recruited colonial subjects from sub-Saharan Africa to serve in its military, sending West African soldiers to fight its battles in Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Africa. Gregory Mann argues that in the early twenty-first century, among Africans in France and Africa, and particularly in Mali, the belief that France has not adequately recognized and compensated the African veterans of its wars is widely held and frequently invoked. It continues to animate the relationship between France and Africa, especially debates about African immigration to France. Mann draws on archival research and extensive interviews with surviving Malian veterans of French wars to explore the experiences of the African soldiers. He contends that specific ideas about mutual obligation and uneven exchange that had developed in Mali during the era of slavery remain influential today, informing Malians' conviction that France owes them a "blood debt" for the military service of African soldiers in French wars. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
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Veterans-- Mali-- History-- 20th century.
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Armed Forces-- Colonial forces.
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International relations.
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Kolonialtruppe
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Krigsveteraner-- historia-- Mali-- 1900-talet.
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Militär
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Veterans.
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Veteran.
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Afrikanen.
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Veteranen.
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France, Armed Forces, Colonial forces, Mali.
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France, Relations, Mali.
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Mali, History, Military, 20th century.
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Mali, Relations, France.
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France.
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Frankreich
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Frankrike, relationer, Mali.
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Mali, relationer, Frankrike.
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Mali.
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Mali.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.9/06970966230904
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| LC Classification
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UB359.M34M36 2006
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15.70bcl
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15.80bcl
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