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1 online resource |
| Series |
African history ; volume 3 |
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African history (Brill Academic Publishers) ; v. 3.
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| Contents |
A funeral: Thursday, 14th December 1939 -- Gironde, Paris and beyond -- Agent of commerce, African novice: from Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894-1896 -- Interlude: furlough in France I -- On the trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897-1899 -- Interlude: furlough in France II -- The mallam and the qadis: a posting to Zinder, 1900-1903 -- Interlude: furlough in France III -- Cherchez la femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904-1907 -- Interlude: furlough in France IV -- Confidential relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908-1911 -- Interlude: furlough in France V -- Paperwork and bullets: the years of scholarship and war, 1912-18 -- Governor, savant, adopted son: St Louis, 1919-1927 -- The monk of St Louis, 1927-1939 |
| Summary |
Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers an in-depth, intimate and rounded biography of Henri Gaden (1867-1939), an exceptional colonial soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, who lived for 45 years in French West Africa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gaden, Henri, 1867-1939.
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Gaden, Henri, 1867-1939 |
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Colonial administrators -- Africa, West -- Biography
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Linguists -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
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Colonial administrators
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Linguists
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Politics and government
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Africa, West -- Politics and government -- 1884-1960.
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Mauritania -- Biography
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West Africa
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Mauritania
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013040482 |
| ISBN |
9789004265288 |
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9004265287 |
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