Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa is a book by Frederick Cooper published in 2014 by Princeton University Press. The work is about citizenship, colonialism, and identity in France and French North Africa from 1946 to 1960.
Structure The work contains normal front material and a preface by the author followed by eight main chapters: From French Empire to French Union A Constitution for an Empire of Citizens Defining Citizenship, 1946–1956 Claiming Citizenship: French West Africa, 1946–1956 Reframing France: The Loi- Cadre and African Federalism, 1956–1957 From Overseas Territory to Member State: Constitution and Conflict, 1958 Unity and Division in Africa and France, 1958–1959 Becoming National The work ends with a conclusion and a bibliography.
Academic journal reviews
Awards 2015: George Louis Beer Prize, American Historical Association. 2015: Martin A. Klein Prize, American Historical Association.
Publication history
About the author
Frederick Cooper is historian and Professor Emeritus of history at New York University; their scholarship and writing focuses on Modern African history and colonialism. Their other works include Colonialism in Question (2005) and coauthor of Empires in World History (2011).
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See also History of Algeria French colonial empire
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External links Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960, Princeton University Press. Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960, Project Muse. Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960, JSTOR.