Empire's children : race, filiation, and citizenship in the French colonies / Emmanuelle Saada ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

Foreword / by Frederick Cooper
Introduction
Le métissage: a colonial social problem
An imperial question
A threat to the colonial order
"Reclassifying" the Métis
The law takes up the "Métis question"
Nationality and citizenship in the colonial situation
The controversy over "fraudulent recognitions"
Investigating paternity in the colonies
Citizens by virtue of race
The force of law
The effects of citizenship
Identities under the law
French nationality and citizenship reconsidered
Conclusion.