L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ?

The article focuses more particularly on an analysis of odonyms (streets, boulevards, schools, etc.) and on the monuments that can be found in the public areas of main cities as well as in the smaller towns of these territories, between the 18th and 20th centuries. The proposed study aims to show ho...

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Main Author: Jean Moomou
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Language:Spanish
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2023-12-01
Series:Caravelle
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/14633
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L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ?
Caravelle
French Guiana
Odonyms
Colonial memory
Counter-memory
West Indies
title L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ?
title_full L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ?
title_fullStr L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ?
title_full_unstemmed L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ?
title_short L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ?
title_sort l histoire par les lieux odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les antilles francaises et la guyane
topic French Guiana
Odonyms
Colonial memory
Counter-memory
West Indies
url https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/14633
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