Great Britain - Pre-20th Century - Politics & Government, 1485-1603 - Tudor Dynasty - British History, British Law - History
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“Bullard weaves a captivating account of individual experiences in the context of the major political, social, philosophical, and moral issues involved in the colonizing of New Caledonia. Her work offers insights into the conflicts that still exist among the inhabitants of this far-away island and its relationship to France.”—French Review
“This is an interesting and useful book covering a number of gaps in the historiography and developing some potentially exciting new avenues for research.”—French History
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Following the quelling of the Parisian revolution of 1870-1871, the conservative government of the Third Republic declared the perpetrators of the revolution, the Communards, were sufferers of original sin and atavistic degeneration. As this obviously aligned them with the savage natives of the South Pacific, the government exiled some 4,500 of the revolutionaries to the colony of New Caledonia, in Melanesia, with hopes that the truths of nature would eventually grant them a natural sense of morality. This book explores the interaction between the "political savages" and the "natural savages" (the Melanesian Kanak), and how it eventually led to an era, not of domination, but recognition, of native peoples in French political theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
March 31, 2001
Publisher
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000.
Pages
392
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780804738781