El trabajo de Eric Jennings profundiza en la Francia de los siglos XIX y XX, explorando su pasado colonial, los procesos de descolonización y el mundo francófono en general. Su erudición examina críticamente la política colonial en diversas regiones, centrándose en la interacción del lugar, el poder y las fallas inherentes dentro de las estructuras coloniales. Jennings presta especial atención al papel fundamental de África subsahariana en el movimiento inicial de la Francia Libre, examinando cuestiones de legitimidad y coerción. Sus escritos ofrecen profundas perspectivas sobre las complejas dinámicas históricas de la influencia global francesa.
Early in World War II, thousands of refugees traveled from France to Vichy- controlled Martinique, en route to safer shores in North, Central, and South America. While awaiting transfer, the exiles formed influential ties-with one another and with local black dissidents. As Eric T. Jennings shows, what began as expulsion became a kind of rescue.
Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history of a colonial city that was conceived as a center of power.
A unique look at the key role Free French Africa played during World War II to help the Allied cause.