TY - BOOK AU - Saada,Emmanuelle AU - Goldhammer,Arthur TI - Empire's children: race, filiation, and citizenship in the French colonies SN - 9780226733074 U1 - 325.344 23E PY - 2012/// CY - Chicago PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Racially mixed people KW - France KW - Colonies KW - History KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Citizenship KW - Ethnic relations KW - Miscegenation N1 - Bibliogr. p. 307-327; Foreword / by Frederick Cooper -- Introduction -- Le métissage: a colonial social problem -- An imperial question -- A threat to the colonial order -- "Reclassifying" the Métis -- The law takes up the "Métis question" -- Nationality and citizenship in the colonial situation -- The controversy over "fraudulent recognitions" -- Investigating paternity in the colonies -- Citizens by virtue of race -- The force of law -- The effects of citizenship -- Identities under the law -- French nationality and citizenship reconsidered -- Conclusion ER -