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  UW Press - : In Search of a National identity: Creole and Politics in Guadeloupe, Ellen M. Schnepel
Language as a symbol of political and cultural resistance
Guadeloupe (as well as Martinique, Guyana, and Reunion) is one of the former colonies of France that chose to remain tied to the mother country rather than seeking independence following World War II.
As political integration increased economic and commercial dependency on France, the pressure of homogenization to the French model precipitated the loss of cultural autonomy in the former colonies.
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  Guadeloupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guadeloupe is an archipelago in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a total area of 1,702 km².
Guadeloupe was populated from 300 BC by the Arawak Amerindians, who fished and developed agriculture on the island.
One indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763), France abandoned its territorial claims in Canada in return for British recognition of French control of Guadeloupe.
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 Guadeloupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guadeloupe is an archipelago in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a total area of 1,704 kmandsup2.
Guadeloupe comprises five islands: Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called salt river) with the adjacent islands of, and.
Note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands: the main islands Basse-Terre on the west and Grande-Terre on the east, the nearby smaller islands,, (2) and, and more to the northwest, beyond St Kitts and Nevis: Saint Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin).
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 Guadeloupe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, is an archipelago with a total area of 1,704 km² located in the Eastern Caribbean.
Administratively speaking, Guadeloupe is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France.
Guadeloupe comprises five islands: Guadeloupe proper (Basse-Terre), Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called salt river) with the adjacent islands of La Désirade, Îles des Saintes and Marie Galante.
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 Guadeloupe - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea, is an archipelago with a total area of 1,704 km² located in the Eastern Caribbean.
Slavery was definitely abolished by decree of April 27, 1848 at the initiative of Victor Schoelcher.
Guadeloupe comprises five islands: Guadeloupe proper (Basse-Terre), Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called salt river) with the adjacent islands of La Désirade, Les Saintes and Marie Galante.
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 Guadeloupe Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763)Treaty of Paris (1763), France abandoned its territorial claims in Canada in return for British recognition of French control of Guadeloupe.
The French retook the island under the command of Victor Hughes, who succeeded to free the slaves and turn on the slave-owners who controlled the sugar plantations, but when American interests were threatened, Napoleon sent a force to suppress the rebels and reinstitute slavery.
Guadeloupe became an overseas departementdépartement of France on March 19, 1946.
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 Kreolische Bibliothek_englisch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guadeloupe (as well as Martinique, Guyane, and Réunion) is one of the former colonies of France that chose to remain tied to the mother country rather than seek independence following World War II.
As political integration increased economic and commercial dependency on the metropole, the pressure of homogenization to the French model precipitated the loss of cultural autonomy.
The nationalist movement was rejuvenated in the 1970s by the selection of the Creole language as a symbol of political and cultural resistance to assimilation, conduit and container of an alternate ideology, and emblem of Guadeloupean identity and island specificity.
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 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Po'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 African Writers Index: Negritude; Articles
In contrast, a relatively small beke population in Guadeloupe led that island's elected positions to be filled by representatives of the mulatto bourgeoisie, such as Gerville-Reache, Sarlat, Auguste Isaac, and Emile Reaux.
Candace, along with Cesaire one of the leading fl political figures in French politics of the 20th century, was one of the first fl colonial leaders to begin questioning French racial and colonial hegemony.
Due to Senghor's overwhelming cultural and political influence in West Africa (he was president of Senegal from its independence in 1960 till 1979) it is precisely this ontological conception of Negritude that fueled attacks by writers such as Stanislas Adotevi.
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 Elections in Guadeloupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Elections in Guadeloupe gives information on election and election results in Guadeloupe.
The General Council (Conseil général) has members elected for a six year term in single seat-constituencies.
Guadeloupe has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Elections_in_Guadeloupe   (168 words)

  
 H-France Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Anne Pérotin-Dumon, already well known for her work on Guadeloupe under the Directory,[1] has written a book whose title suggests that it is a monograph on Guadeloupe’s two principal cities.
She attempts, therefore, to move beyond the one-dimensional (dare we say, with the author, “totalizing”?) interpretation of the Caribbean past produced when it is studied solely as a “plantation society.” As is apparent, this is a methodologically ambitious undertaking, as its historiographical claims warrant.
Although this free population of color comprised only 5% to 10% of Guadeloupe’s total population at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it represented between a quarter and a third of the urban population.
www.uakron.edu /hfrance/vol2reviews/garrigus.html   (2031 words)

  
 Guadeloupe encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Guadeloupe politics and officials, Guadeloupe History. Travel to ...
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at 16°15′N 61°35′W, with a total area of 1,780 square kilometres (687 sq. mi).
Like the other DOMs, Guadeloupe is also one of the 26 régions of France (as a région d'outre-mer), and an integral part of the Republic.
As part of France, Guadeloupe is part of the European Union, so the currency used is the euro
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 ☞ Guadeloupe, Politics bulletin board index
Guadeloupe 'Politics' index Classifieds1000 World Expat and Travel Forum
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 Guadeloupe Newspapers : Newspapers from Guadeloupe : Guadeloupe News
Guadeloupe Newspapers : Newspapers from Guadeloupe : Guadeloupe News
Guadeloupe newspapers for information on local issues, politics, events, celebrations, people and business.
Please EMAIL US if you know of any new online newspapers or those on our lists where the address has changed.
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 Guadeloupe : Geography, People, Politics, Government, Economy, transport
Guadeloupe : Geography, People, Politics, Government, Economy, transport
Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Mona CADOCE]; FGPS [Dominique LARIFLA]; Left Radical Party or PRG [Flavien FERRANT]; Progressive Democratic Party or PPDG [Henri BANGOU]; Socialist Party or PS [Marlene MELISSE and Favrot DAVRAIN]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Marcel ESDRAS]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP [Robert JOYEUX]
Christian Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe or KLPG; General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers or CGT-G; General Union of Guadeloupe Workers or UGTG; Movement for Independent Guadeloupe or MPGI; The Socialist Renewal Movement
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 Guadeloupe 2003 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guadeloupe 2003 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
Natural hazards: hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere de Guadeloupe is an active volcano
Environment - current issues: NA Geography - note: a narrow channel, the Riviere Salee, divides Guadeloupe proper into two islands: the larger, western Basse-Terre and the smaller, eastern Grande-Terre
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 Find in a Library: In search of a national identity : Creole and politics in Guadeloupe
In search of a national identity : Creole and politics in Guadeloupe
Subjects: Creole dialects, French -- Political aspects -- Guadeloupe.
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 Maps of Guadeloupe - French Antilles Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Maps of Guadeloupe - French Antilles Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
This map of Guadeloupe is intended for representational purposes and no claim to technical accuracy is made.
Click on the link above to read the terms for use of this Guadeloupe map on your web page.
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 WashingtonPost.com: International: Guadeloupe
The Caribbean tourist industry brings luxury hotels, like Auberge de la Vieille Tour in Gosier, to Guadeloupe.
A detailed list of facts and figures for Guadeloupe.
This document describes the history, government, politics and economy of Guadeloupe.
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 Guadeloupe
PDPG = Progressif Démocratique Parti de Guadeloupe (Progressive Democratic Party); PS = Parti Socialist (Socialist Party); UDF = Union pour Française la Démocratie (Union for French Democracy); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority], conservative, est.
Mar 1785 Swedish colony (from 1812, a possession of the Swedish crown).
16 Mar 1878 French possession, part of Guadeloupe.
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 WashingtonPost.com: International: Guadeloupe
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This document describes the history, government, politics and economy of Guadeloupe.
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