During 1917-1918, war ravaged the hill country north of New Caledonia's main island, the Grande terre. Occurring sixty-four years after France's 1853 annexation of New Caledonia and in the midst of the Great War of 1914-1918, the conflict was known by the mid-twentieth century a…
This work examines the rise in New Caledonia of rival identity formations that became increasingly polarized in the 1970s and examines in particular the emergence of activist discourses in favour of Kanak cultural nationalism and land reform, multiracial progressive sovereignty,…
In 1853, France annexed the Melanesian islands of New Caledonia to establish a convict colony and strategic port of call. Unlike other European settler-dominated countries in the Pacific, the territory's indigenous people remained more numerous than immigrants for over a century…
In 1853, France annexed the Melanesian islands of New Caledonia to establish a convict colony and strategic port of call. Unlike other European settler-dominated countries in the Pacific, the territory's indigenous people remained more numerous than immigrants for over a century…
This book provides a long history of Frances infamous indigenat regime, from its origins in Algeria to its contested practices and legacies in Frances South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The term indigenat is synonymous throughout the francophone world with the rigours and…
This book provides a long history of Frances infamous indigenat regime, from its origins in Algeria to its contested practices and legacies in Frances South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The term indigenat is synonymous throughout the francophone world with the rigours and…
