Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
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Description
xiv, 217 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"France and the Netherlands were both important European colonial powers in the nineteenth century. This book, based primarily on archival research, is a contribution to the study of the relations between France and the Netherlands overseas in the nineteenth century. It focuses on those regions of the world where these two nations shared colonial borderlands: the island of St Martin in the Caribbean, the Gold Coast in Africa, and French Guiana and Surinam in South America. The border question in these regions is dealt with in the European context of colonial and international policy, as well as in the local context. The work addresses Franco-Dutch relations in the colonies, but also the interactions with the slaves on St Martin, the peoples of the Gold Coast (Ashanti, Agni of Sanwi, Fanti and Apollonians or Nzema), and the Maroons such as the Boni (Aluku) and the Ndyuka in the Guianese interior."--Jacket.
Series Statement
History of international relations, diplomacy, and intelligence ; v. 4
Uniform Title
Frontières d'outre-mer. English
History of international relations, diplomacy, and intelligence ; v. 4.
Pt. I. The borderland of France and the Netherlands in the Caribbean: St. Martin -- St. Martin: an island divided between France and the Netherlands -- St. Martin and the policy of bases, 1842-1843 -- The conditions of cession of the Dutch part of St. Martin in 1843 -- St. Martin and the abolition of slavery -- The consequences of 1848 in the French part -- The consequences of 1848 in the Dutch part -- The conditions of cession of the Dutch part of St. Martin after 1848 -- The salt pans of St. Martin -- Perrinon: a border-crossing entrepreneur -- Pt. II. The borderland of France and the Netherlands in Africa: The Gold Coast -- The Dutch and the Elminans -- The Dutch and the Ashanti -- The Dutch economic failure on the Gold Coast -- The treaty of the exchange of territories between Great Britain and the Netherlands in 1867 -- The French establishment on the Gold Coast -- The French and the Agni of Sanwi -- The French economic failure on the Gold Coast -- France and the Anglo-Dutch exchange treaty -- The project to exchange Gambia for the French possessions on the Gold Coast and Gabon -- The project to exchange Apollonia for Amoku -- The boundary between Assinie and Apollonia -- The implications of the exchange for the African peoples -- The Fanti Confederacy -- The reaction of the Ashanti: the mission of Akyempon -- Amon Ndofu and the mission of Akyempon -- Akyempon at Elmina -- The civil war in Apollonia -- The end of the French presence on the Gold Coast -- The end of the Dutch presence on the Gold Coast -- Pt. III. The borderland of France and the Netherlands in South America: French Guiana and Surinam -- Maroon communities, borderland communities: Ndyuka and Boni -- French and Dutch interests in the Maroni region before the discovery of gold -- The Eldorado of the Guianas -- The requests for concessions to extract gold -- The question of the boundary demarcation -- Arbitration as a way out of the impasse -- The competence of the arbitrator -- The Czar and the proposed arbitration -- The ethnographic argument -- Overseas developments -- The pressure of the gold prospectors -- The pressure of granman Anato and of Apatou -- A temporary settlement: police posts -- The arbitration decision and its execution -- French and Dutch reactions and attitudes.