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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Marker, Emily, 1982– author.
Title: Black France, white Europe : youth, race, and belonging in the postwar era / Emily Marker.
Description: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022006075 (print) | LCCN 2022006076 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501765605 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501765612 (epub) | ISBN 9781501765629 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Youth—France. | Youth—Africa, French-speaking. | Decolonization. | Europeans—Ethnic identity. | France—Race relations—Political aspects. | France—Colonies—Africa—Race relations.
Classification: LCC DC34 .M275 2022 (print) | LCC DC34 (ebook) | DDC 305.800944—dc23/eng/20220317
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Cover image: digital reproduction of Ankara wax print, by Bill Oates