Empire and underworld : captivity in French Guiana / Miranda Frances Spieler.

Author/creator Spieler, Miranda Frances, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Description284 pages : map ; 25 cm
Subjects
Captivity--French Guiana. --History.
Power (Social sciences)--French Guiana. --History.
Political violence--French Guiana. --History.
Minorities--French Guiana. --History.
Marginality, Social--French Guiana. --History.
French Guiana--Politics and government. --To 1814.
French Guiana--Politics and government. --1814-1947.
French Guiana--Social conditions.
French Guiana--Colonial influence.

Contents Leaving the republic -- Strange dominion -- Free soil -- Missing persons -- Idea for a continent -- Local arrangements -- The enormous room -- Metastasis -- Appendix: Tables.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011017838
ISBN9780674057548 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674057546 (alk. paper)