Colonial Metropolis: The Urban Grounds of Anti-Imperialism and Feminism in Interwar Paris

by Jennifer Anne Boittin

Book Overview

World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. After the war they were expected to return without protest to their homes--either overseas or metropolitan. Neither group, however, was willing to be discarded.
Between the world wars, the mesmerizing capital of France's colonial empire attracted denizens from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Paris became not merely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803277067
• ISBN13: 9780803277069
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"