"The Capital of the Men without a Country": Migrants and Anticolonialism in Interwar Paris.

The article discusses the transformation of Paris, France as a center for postcolonial immigrant elite and anti-colonial nationalism between 1919 and 1938. Topics addressed include the Parisian cosmopolitanism that induced political movements, the nature of anti-colonial nationalism as one transcend...

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Publicado en:American Historical Review Vol. 121; no. 5; pp. 1444 - 1468
Autor principal: GOEBEL, MICHAEL
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Dec2016
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Sumario:The article discusses the transformation of Paris, France as a center for postcolonial immigrant elite and anti-colonial nationalism between 1919 and 1938. Topics addressed include the Parisian cosmopolitanism that induced political movements, the nature of anti-colonial nationalism as one transcending community boundaries, and the living conditions of immigrants. Among the anti-colonialists who once resided in Paris are Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam, Zhou Enlai of China and Messali Hadj of Algeria.