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Vietnamese Memories Vol.1
Colonialism and war disrupted the lives of millions of Vietnamese people during the 20th century. These are their stories. Clement Baloup intimately traces the paths of those who went to great lengths to seek asylum in unfamiliar lands, and against all odds, established prosperous communities rooted in the colorful culture and experiences of their past, while fostering a future unhindered by the political and personal turmoil that haunts their pasts.
Ni valise ni cercueil
1962 : après les accords d'Evian des dizaines de milliers de Pieds-noirs sont restés vivre en Algérie. C'est vingt à trente ans plus tard seulement, dans le contexte des années de guerre civile, qu'ils se sont rapatriés. Pierre Daum est allé à la rencontre de ceux qui, au lendemain de l'indépendance, n'ont choisi "ni la valise ni le cercueil".
Mémoires de viet kieu - Les linh tho, immigrés de force
Attaché au Vietnam et aux destins brisés de ses ressortissants, l'auteur met sa sensibilité au service du souvenir de ceux qui se sont arrachés à leur terre natale : les viet kieu.
Immigrés de force
Témoignages d'Indochinois qui furent envoyés en France à partir de 1939 pour travailler comme ouvriers au sein des usines d'armement. Vingt mille hommes auraient été ainsi recrutés de force et répartis sur toute la France dans les entreprises relevant de la Défense nationale. Aucun salaire réel ne leur aurait été versé et ils auraient été renvoyés peu à peu dans leur pays à partir de 1946.
Les Linh Tho, immigrés de force
"- Allô, je m'appelle Pierre Daum, je suis journaliste et j'ai entendu parler de travailleurs indochinois venus en France durant la seconde guerre mondiale. - Heu, oui, en effet. C'est comme ça que je suis arrivé en France. - Ah, vous en faisiez partie ! J'aimerais vous poser quelques questions." Lính Tho [littéralement : Soldat ouvrier] : Nom donné à des civils affectés à des travaux militaires. En 1939, ce mot a désigné les 20 000 "travailleurs indochinois" envoyés en France comme main d'oeuvre dans l'industrie de guerre.
Le Dernier Tabou
On pense en général que les harkis, ces Algériens intégrés à l’armée française pendant la guerre d’Algérie, ont soit réussi à s’enfuir en France, soit été massacrés au moment de l’indépendance. En réalité, la plupart d’entre eux n’ont pas été assassinés, et vivent en Algérie depuis un demi-siècle. Une vérité difficilement acceptable des deux côtés de la Méditerranée...
Unconventional Warfare from Antiquity to the Present Day
This volume addresses the problem of small, irregular, and unconventional war across time and around the globe. The use of non-uniformed and often civilian combatants, with tactics eschewing pitched battles, is the most common form of warfare throughout history and comes in many forms. The collection works back in time beginning with the ‘Long War’ in present day Afghanistan and concluding with warfare in classical Greece. Along the way it engages with conflicts as diverse as the American Civil War and regional rebellion in Tudor England. Each case study provides unique insights into the practices, experiences, and discourses that have shaped this ubiquitous type of conflict. Readers interested in rebellion and repression, cultural and tactical interpretations of conflict, civilian strategies in wartime, the supposed ‘western way of war’, and the ways in which participants have framed and related their actions across a variety of spheres will find much of interest in these pages.
A World Made for Money
A spirited and incisive survey of economic geography, A World Made for Money begins with the author stopped at a red light in Norman, Oklahoma. Observing the landscape of drugstores and banks, and for that matter the stoplight and roads themselves, Bret Wallach observes, “Everything I see has been built to make money” or, at the very least, to facilitate making money. This, he argues, is a global phenomenon that nonetheless has occurred only within the past hundred years or so. Although guidebooks and culture brokers often disparage these landscapes of commerce, Wallach—recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant”—argues that we would do well to pay them close attention. A World Made ...
Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe
This is the first book to examine the relationship between European antisemitism and Islamophobia from the Crusades until the twenty-first century in the principal flashpoints of the two racisms. With case studies ranging from the Balkans to the UK, the contributors take the debate away from politicised polemics about whether or not Muslims are the new Jews. Much previous scholarship and public discussion has focused on comparing European ideas about Jews and Judaism in the past with contemporary attitudes towards Muslims and Islam. This volume rejects this approach. Instead, it interrogates how the dynamic relationship between antisemitism and Islamophobia has evolved over time and space. T...
Coming Home? Vol. 2
The wars of the twentieth century uprooted people on a previously unimaginable scale to the extent that being a refugee became an increasingly widespread experience. With the arrival of refugees, governments of host countries had to mediate between divided national populations: some wished to welcome those arriving in search of refuge; others preferred a strategy of exclusion or even expulsion. At the same time, refugees had to manage conflicts of the self as they responded to the loss of nationhood, families, socio-political networks, material goods, and arguably also a sense of belonging or home. While return migration was usually perceived by governments and refugees alike as the best sol...
