L'infrastructure routière et ferroviaire coloniale, source de mutations sociales et psychologiques : le cas de la Côte d'Ivoire, 1900-1940. - article ; n°61 ; vol.16, pg 147-158

Cahiers d'études africaines - Année 1976 - Volume 16 - Numéro 61 - Pages 147-158
Z. Semi-Bi—~~The Colonial Rail and Highway Network as a Factor of Social and Psychological Mutations : The Case of Ivory Coast (1900-1940)~~. The building of a modern communication network in Ivory Coast increased the physical mobility of the population, which, in turn, generated a new kind of social mobility. Long-range physical displacement, either voluntary or compulsory, short- or long-termed, first freed the travelers from the constraints of the traditional framework of authority, then made them able to turn against colonial rule itself ; which put the colonial authorities in a kind of a quandary, since they sought at the same time to facilitate migrations for economie reasons and to keep them in check for political ones. Finally increased mobility was a powerful factor first in the anticolonial struggle, then in the nation-building process.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.