Escape from Vichy : : The Refugee Exodus to the French Caribbean / / Eric T. Jennings.
In the early years of World War II, thousands of political refugees traveled from France to Vichy-controlled Martinique in the French Caribbean, en route to what they hoped would be safer shores in North, Central, and South America. While awaiting transfer from the colony, the exiles formed influent...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 21 halftones, 3 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- 1. Undesirables
- 2. Opening the Martinique Corridor
- 3. Understanding the Martinique Route
- 4. The Crossings
- 5. Wartime Martinique
- 6. Snake Charmers in a Viper’s Nest
- 7. Surrealism Meets Negritude
- 8. The Window Closes
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index