France's Relationship with Subsaharan Africa

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By Anton Andereggen

ISBN: 0-275-94756-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94756-9

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216 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 1/30/1994

List Price: $117.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4

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Reviews:

...contains useful references to recent French works....will be a valuable addition for libraries' African and European collections.
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies
...a timely and informative contribution to our understanding of the multidimensional complex and evolving relationship between France and francophone Africa.
—African Studies Review
This book is devoted to the analysis of this relationship and some of the recent changes that have occured
—Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Enviroment

Description: France granted independence to its former colonies in West and Central Africa in the early 1960s. Nevertheless, thanks to a network of formal and informal agreements with these countries, France continues to wield considerable power and influence over them politically, economically, socially, and culturally. Through the various successive governments of the French Fifth Republic, the African policy of France has been exceptionally constant and stable. This study analyzes how the persistent situation of dominance/dependency and the continuity in foreign policy developed. Important changes that have developed recently in the relationship are analyzed, and suggestions for the future are given.

Table of Contents:

Tables
Preface
History of French West Africa until World War II
History of French Equatorial Africa until World War II
World War II and Reorganization
Loi-cadre Reforms and de Gaulle's Return
Decolonization
Independence
General de Gaulle and His Successors
Cultural Considerations
Economic Ties
Historical Perspectives on How the French View the Africans
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 93-5446

LCC Class: DC59

Dewey Class: 327.44067


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