10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE FRENCH WEST INDIES»
Discover the use of
the French West Indies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the French West Indies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Two Years in
the French West Indies
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan.
2
Colonialism: an international, social, cultural, and ...
During the seventeenth century, the French succeeded in colonizing several
West Indian islands, but only a few have survived as the French West Indies. Also
known as the French Antilles, France's Caribbean empire originally was
composed ...
Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg, 2003
3
The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and ...
... Acts in respect of the English colonies, was to control and secure the
commerce of the French West Indies for France alone. But the full consequences
of these several activities had relatively little immediate impact within the French
colonies ...
4
Chronological History of
the West Indies: In Three Volumes
Thus ended the conquest of the French West Indies before the rainy season had
set in, which alone might have frustrated all our hopes." On the 5th of May, 2377
men from England arrived at Bai-badoes. General Grey detained eight battalion ...
5
The Enduring Vision: A History of
the American People
... Colbert (see Chapter 3), and his successors had great difficulty implementing
mercantilist policies, New France became agriculturally self-sufficient and
exported some wheat to the French West Indies. It also exported small amounts
of fish ...
Paul Boyer, Clifford Clark, Joseph Kett, 2007
6
Negritude Agonistes, Assimilation Against Nationalism in
the ...
Assesses European and French colonialism in the Caribbean from the 16th century and the racial and cultural movements of black and mixed-race people in the French-speaking West Indies and Guyane that emerged in the 19th century and first ...
Christian Filostrat, 2008
7
Chronological History of
the West Indies by Captain Thomas ...
Thus ended the conquest of the French West Indies before the rainy season had
set in, which alone might have frus~ trated all our hopes.” On the 5th of May,
2377 men from England arrived at Barbadoes. General Grey detained eight
battalion ...
8
An inquiry into
the state of
the British
West Indies
long before the Americans undertook the traffic of the French West,Indies. So
long ago as the 14th January, 1799, the Directory declared in a message to the
Council of Five Hundred, that " it is unhappily too true, that there is not a single ...
9
General History of
the Caribbean:
The Caribbean in
the ...
At the same time that the African colonies were becoming independent the
French West Indies were becoming locked into a new subordinate relationship
with France which has now reached the stage of virtual constitutional ossification.
P. C. Emmer, Bridget Brereton, B. W. Higman, 2004
10
Encyclopedia of
the War of 1812
... very real, that British ships could seize U.S. ships that traded with the French
West Indies. This decision still left Americans free to trade with the British West
Indies, a practice that was very popular with the British planters on the islands.
David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, 2004
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE FRENCH WEST INDIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the French West Indies is used in the context of the following news items.
Basel Statements: Mathieu K. Abonnenc Explores the French West …
Sculptures of Schœlcher are all over the French West Indies, symbolizing freedom through portraiture and honoring the slavery abolition society Schœlcher ... «ArtSlant, Jun 15»
Two tonnes of cocaine seized in Franco-British bust
The seizure comes less than ten days after French customs discovered 2.25 tonnes of cocaine on a sailboat near the French West Indies island of Martinique, ... «RFI, Apr 15»
Charlie Hebdo attacks: Francois Hollande says France 'will never …
... a 27-year-old policewoman from Martinique, in the French West Indies. She had ... The president emphasised the "diversity” of France which the three officers ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
'Major epidemic' of mosquito-born chikungunya hits French West …
A major epidemic of the mosquito-born chikungunya virus has led to 33 deaths and 1,000 people being hospitalised in the French West Indies, Health Minister ... «RFI, Jul 14»
News Scan for Apr 22, 2014
In the French West Indies, where the outbreak began last December on the French side of St. Martin, the number of new cases has generally leveled off or ... «CIDRAP, Apr 14»
