Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 06:52:29 -0400 From: "Fragano S.J. Ledgister" <f.ledgis-AT-morehead-st.edu> Subject: Re: The trouble with nations WAS Re: Is the US postcolonial? JOSHI wrote: > > Administrative department, protectorate, territory, possession, its all > the same to me. is Paris an administrative department? I'm sure its a few > steps higher. > > Or, > Is Administrative Department PC for colony? > Guadeloupe is a department (=county) of France. That is to say it is as much part of France as Paris, Morbihan, Doubs, Nord, or Seine-et-Loire. This has nothing to do with the question of whether or not it should be an independent state, any more than the fact that Hawaii is a state of the US might raise the question of whether 'state' is 'PC for colony.' If you cannot tell the difference between a local government authority and a colony, territory, or possession, then perhaps you ought to learn. > On Mon, 6 Apr 1998 00acking-AT-bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote: > > > Guadeloupe is not a "possession" but an administrative department of > > France. Perhaps it should be an independent nation, but it is in a > > different category from Nouvelle Caledonie. One should at least be > > accurate in terminology. > > > > Adele King > > > > -- ________________________________________________ f.ledgis-AT-msuacad.morehead-st.edu Dawn over the dark sea brings on the sun; She leans across the hilltop. See: the light! ________________________________________________ --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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