The Uprooted: Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina, 1890-1980

by Christina Elizabeth Firpo

Book Overview

For over a century French officials in Indochina systematically uprooted m?tis children--those born of Southeast Asian mothers and white, African, or Indian fathers--from their homes. In many cases, and for a wide range of reasons--death, divorce, the end of a romance, a return to France, or because the birth was the result of rape--the father had left the child in the mother's care. Although the program succeeded in rescuing homeless children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082487515X
• ISBN13: 9780824875152
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"