@article{1450575,
      recid = {1450575},
      author = {Merle, Isabelle, and Muckle, Adrian,},
      title = {The Indigénat and France's empire in New Caledonia :  origins, practices and legacies /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvii, 373 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book provides a long history of Frances infamous  indigenat regime, from its origins in Algeria to its  contested practices and legacies in Frances South Pacific  territory of New Caledonia. The term indigenat is  synonymous throughout the francophone world with the  rigours and injustices of the colonial era under French  rule. The indigenat regime or 'Native Code' governed the  lives of peoples classified as French 'native' subjects in  colonies as diverse as Algeria, West Africa, Madagascar,  Indochina and New Caledonia. In New Caledonia it was  introduced by decree in 1887 and remained in force until  Kanak New Caledonias indigenous people obtained citizenship  in 1946. Among the colonial tools and legal mechanisms  associated with Frances colonial empire it is the one that  has had the greatest impact on the memory of the colonized.  Focussing on New Caledonia, the last remaining part of  overseas France to have experienced the full force of the  indigenat, this book illustrates the way that certain  measures were translated into colonial practices, and sheds  light on the tensions involved in the making of France as  both a nation and a colonial empire. The first book to  provide a comprehensive history of the indigenat regime,  explaining how it first came into being and survived up  until 1946 despite its constant denunciation, this is an  important contribution to French Imperial History and  Pacific History. Isabelle Merle is Director of Research in  the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) attached  to the Centre for Research and Documentation on Oceania  (CREDO) at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. She  is a specialist in the history of colonisation and the  Pacific region, including New Caledonia. Her publications  include two books and a wide range of articles on aspects  of colonial history, such as subjecthood and citizenship.  Adrian Muckle is a Senior Lecturer in the History Programme  at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is  a historian of the Pacific Islands region including its  intersection with histories of New Zealand and the French  empire. His primary interests include colonialism,  decolonisation, violence and race relations, with much of  his research focussing on colonial rule and its legacies in  New Caledonia.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1450575},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99033-6},
}