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Chapters: Cormontibo, Saint-Georges, French Guiana, Tumuk Humak Mountains, Îles Du Salut, Montsinéry-Tonnegrande, Remire-Montjoly, Awala-Yalimapo, Oyapock, Régina, Javouhey, Communes of the Guyane Department, Cacao, French Guiana, Grand-Santi, Mana, French Guiana, Sinnamary, Iracoubo, Saül, Maripasoula, Camopi, Matoury, Apatou, Jardin Botanique de Cayenne, Inini, Saint-Élie, Macouria, Ouanary, Roura, Bellevue, French Guiana, Kourou, Bellevue de L'inini, Île Royale, Île Saint-Joseph, Iles Du Connétable, Litani, Bélizon, Kaw, French Guiana, Tonnégrande, Cayenne River, Canton of Approuague-Kaw, Pointe Béhague, Guisanbourg, Montagne D'argent, Saint-Jean-Du-Maroni, Courcibo, Mahury, Akouménaye, Yaroupi, Farnous, Waki, Délices, Alicoto, Clément, French Guiana, Pointe Isère, Abounamy, Tampok, Gare Tigre, Bienvenue, French Guiana, Paul Isnard, Coulor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 137. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Inini (1941 pop. est. 5,000) was an inland territory of French Guiana, administered separately between 6 July 1930 and 19 March 1946, after which all of French Guiana became a department of France. Its capital was St.-Elie, and it seems to have consisted of all of the interior of present-day French Guiana. The purpose was to develop the interior separately from the coastal area around Cayenne. The labor force consisted of 500 Annamite prisoners who had revolted against French rule in Indochina, and were brought in 1931. The plan did not work out, owing to the difficulties of railroad construction in the interior, although the ruins of the three prisons may still be seen. During this period, the postage stamps of French Guiana were overprinted with several variations on "TERRITOIRE DE L'ININI", and the omnibus issues for the Colonial Arts Exhibition in 1937 and the New Yor...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6517523 ... Read more

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Chapters: French Riviera, Geography of Corsica, Geography of French Guiana, Geography of French Polynesia, Geography of Guadeloupe, Geography of Lyon, Geography of Martinique, Geography of Oise, Geography of Paris, Geography of Réunion, Geography of Saint Barthélemy, Seine, Axe Historique, Demographics of Martinique, Demographics of French Guiana, Grasse, Brignoles, Mount Pelée, Du Battant Des Lames Au Sommet Des Montagnes, Menton, Fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Mines of Paris, List of Boulevards Named After Marshals of France, Antibes, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Diamond Rock, Wall of Philip Ii Augustus, Paris, Villefranche-Sur-Mer, Grand-Hôtel Du Cap-Ferrat, Demographics of Paris, Bassin de La Villette, Hyères, Île de La Cité, Marie-Galante, Chapelle Du Rosaire de Vence, Guadeloupe National Park, Canal de L'ourcq, City Walls of Paris, Saint-Maximin-La-Sainte-Baume, Canal Saint-Denis, Saint-Tropez, Basse-Terre Island, Paris Meridian, Hell-Bourg, Fréjus, Thiers Wall, Grand Paris, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Canal Saint-Martin, Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Gardens of Provence-Alpes-Côte D'azur, Wall of Charles V, Paris, Sanary-Sur-Mer, Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Nice, Beaulieu-Sur-Mer, La Turbie, Cirque de Mafate, Grande-Terre, Bassin de L'arsenal, Juan-Les-Pins, Île Du Levant, Urban Community of Lyon, Hans-Georg Tersling, Villa Leopolda, Îles Tuamotu-Gambier, Sospel, Île Des Cygnes, Île Saint-Louis, La Grande Soufrière, Tumuk Humak Mountains, Îles Des Saintes, Bièvre, le Cannet, Draguignan, Compiègne Forest, Strait of Bonifacio, Roquebrune-Sur-Argens, Cantons of the Réunion Department, Paris Aire Urbaine, Monte Cinto, Arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy, Carbet Falls, Plan de Turgot, Cavallo, Topography of Paris, Rue de Vaugirard, Rive Gauche, Moulin de Mougins, Petite Terre Islands, Réunion Hotspot, Plan de Mérian, Isle Louvier, Paris, Nellcôte, Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, La Savane, Cap Ferrat, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=266388 ... Read more

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Chapters: Demographics of French Guiana, Tumuk Humak Mountains, Cantons of the Guyane Department, Iso 3166-2:gf, Bellevue de L'inini, Canton of Approuague-Kaw. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Population: 172,605 (July 2000 est.), 202,000 (January 2006 est.) Age structure:014 years: 31% (male 27,116; female 25,902)1564 years: 64% (male 59,690; female 50,621)65 years and over: 5% (male 4,694; female 4,582) (2000 est.) Population growth rate: 1.96% (2006 est.) Birth rate: 22.44 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 4.76 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: 11.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female1564 years: 1.18 male(s)/female65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2000 est.) Infant mortality rate: 13.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:total population: 76.1 yearsmale: 72.77 yearsfemale: 79.6 years (2000 est.) Total fertility rate: 3.21 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:noun: French Guianese (singular and plural)adjective: French Guianese Ethnic groups: blacks or mulatto 66%, white or Europeans (mostly are French with a large Portuguese element) 12%, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian 12%, other 10% (including Hmong refugees from the former French Indochina who have been resettled in French Guiana). Religions: Christianity: Roman Catholicism, followed by Protestants and Eastern Orthodoxs, estimated total at 80%. The rest belong to other religions: little Muslim community, and some adherents of Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism. Languages: French and Guianese Creole French are the most widely spoken languages. There are also several native languages such as Arawak and Car...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10763 ... Read more

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Rockets roar into space-bearing roughly half the world's commercial satellites-from the same South American coastal rainforest where convicts once did time on infamous Devil's Island. What makes Space in the Tropics enthralling is anthropologist Peter Redfield's ability to draw from these two disparate European projects in French Guiana a gleaming web of ideas about the intersections of nature and culture. In comparing the Franco-European Ariane rocket program with the earlier penal experiment, Redfield connects the myth of Robinson Crusoe, nineteenth-century prison reform, the Dreyfus Affair, tropical medicine, postwar exploration of outer space, satellite technology, development, and ecotourism with a focus on place, and the incorporation of this particular place into greater extended systems. Examining the wider context of the Ariane program, he argues that technology and nature must be understood within a greater ecology of displacement and makes a case for the importance of margins in understanding the trajectories of modern life. ... Read more

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One of a series which aims to introduce children to the diversity of countries and cultures to be found in the Americas. Each book provides a detailed map of the country, a text with the relevant geographical details and a system of running and margin headings to aid swift information access. ... Read more

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The French today contend with national history and identity and the tensions brought on by changes such as immigration, European integration, and post-colonialism. Issues in the French-Speaking World encapsulates 11 major issues for students of French language and culture, providing an informed platform for critical thinking and engaging discussion. The topics, including the trial of Maurice Papon, the Headscarf Affair, Jose Bove and McDonald's, Quebec separatism, and the democratization movement in the Ivory Coast, are overviewed in individual chapters. Pro and con positions on the issues are then presented so that students can debate the points. Helpful French vocabulary, questions and activities, and a resource guide accompany each issue to round out the unit ... Read more

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Of interest to advanced French students and people interested in foreign policy
I am a person who started studying French late in life, and I have been trying to learn all I can about the language, the history, and the culture of France and the francophone (French-speaking) world.I have recently taken courses in French literature, cinema, and civilization.

In many respects, France is a microcosm, facing many of the same issues faced by the United States:globalization, unemployment, homelessness, education, health care, immigration by undocumented aliens, problems involving the cost of energy and environmental protection, as well as the perception of what others in the world think about them.

Americans, and I include myself, have too much of a one sided view that colored by our being upset by the fact that France did not support us in the Iraq war.We think emotionally, and respond by boycotting France as Fox News' own Bill O'Reilly suggested.Because we were a former British colony and are basically anglophone (English-speaking), we tend to adopt the more of the British approach to the world.Like it or not, France has a fine intellectual tradition, and like it or not, the French have a history of mastering the art of diplomacy.

I like the approach to Issues in the French-Speaking World because it is timely, and it includes both sides of the argument in controversial matters.This book is going to be a resource to me in my continuing studies of French.It is suitable for upper-level students of French, college international relations and political science students, and it would make an excellent resource for high school and college libraries.

A college-level survey for any library strong in French
Relationships between France and the rest of the world have often been strained, with tensions affecting both the identity of French speakers around the globe and issues concerning their heritage and culture. Michael Kline and Nancy Mellerski are professors of French at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania: their discussions of social issues ranging from immigration and European integration to Quebec's separatism and various social movements in other French-speaking nations make for an important college-level survey for any library strong in French studies.

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