Creole publics: Language, cultural citizenship, and the spread of the nation in mauritius

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 968-996

  Eisenlohr, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; POST-COLONIALISM;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 42049114466     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417507000825     Document Type: Article

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