Saada Emmanuelle. Empire's Children: Race, Filiation, and Citizenship in the French Colonies

The University of Chicago Press, 2012. — 355 p.Foreword by Frederick Cooperle mêtissage : a colonial social problem
An Imperial Question
A Threat to the Colonial Order
“Reclassifying” the Métis
the law takes up the “mêtis 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 ReconsideredNotes