France's Overseas Frontier: Les Departements Et Territoires
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aldrich, Robert / Connell, John, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book provides ong>theong> first ever English-language analysis of France's so-called "confetti of empire," ong>theong> colonial remnants referred to as "DOM-TOMs"--ong>theong> departements et territoires d'outre-mer. France shows no signs of relinquishing its remaining overseas outposts which are located from ong>theong> tropics to ong>theong> poles--Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Saint Pierre, and Miquelon in ong>theong> western hemisphere, Reunion and Mayotte in ong>theong> Indian Ocean, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna in ong>theong> Pacific as well as its claims on Antarctica and several sub-Antarctic islands. France's Overseas Frontier examines ong>theong> DOM-TOMs in ong>theong> context of France's colonial history and contemporary politics. It devotes chapters to constitutional change, demographic and economic development, politics, culture and identity, ong>theong> strategic and geopolitical interests of France in ong>theong> DOM-TOMs, and ong>theong> emergence of independence movements in several of ong>theong> territories.