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SUMMARY:Empire of inequality: the politics of taxation in the French colon
 ial empire\, 1900-1950s - Madeline Woker (Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Dr AM Price
DESCRIPTION:I will present an outline of my current book project\, _Empire
  of inequality: the politics of taxation in the French colonial empire_\, 
 which explores the history and politics of colonial taxation\, one of the 
 most powerful tools of domination in the French empire between the late 19
 th and early 20th centuries. This book argues that taxation was not only a
  way of raising money for colonial states but also an instrument of rule a
 nd a central focus of anti-colonial resistance. Based on research conducte
 d in thirteen archival repositories in Algeria\, hexagonal France\, Guadel
 oupe\, Martinique\, Senegal and Vietnam\, the book examines the ways in wh
 ich colonial tax regimes were established\, debated\, resisted\, reformed\
 , and transformed. To do so\, it draws upon a wide array of sources: the a
 rchives of the French metropolitan state\, those of various French colonia
 l states in Southeast Asia\, Africa\, and the Caribbean\, the writings of 
 colonial theorists\, the publications of imperial watchdog organizations\,
  literary production\, as well as the settler\, reformist\, and anticoloni
 al press. Using the lens of colonial taxpayers and imperial policymakers a
 s they navigated the material and moral consequences of colonial fiscal se
 gregation\, the book seeks to offer both a dynamic study of imperial fisca
 l hierarchies from 1900 to the 1950s and a new analysis of anti-colonial r
 esistance as tax resistance. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room 3\, Cripps Court\, Magdalene College
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