| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : republicanism deferred -- Never the twain shall meet? -- The moral conquest -- Impermanent monstrosities -- Lights out -- Raised in our care -- Napoleon, emperor of the Arabs -- Conclusion : another Napoleon, another Waterloo. |
| Summary |
This study of the specialized military Offices of Arab Affairs in Algeria during the formative decades of French rule from 1830 to 1870 disputes the conventional view that the doctrine of assimilation governed France's colonial policies and practices in the nineteenth century. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
France. Armée. Armée d'Afrique -- Officers -- Political activity -- Algeria.
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Saint-Simon, Henri, comte de, 1760-1825 -- Influence.
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Saint-Simon, Henri, comte de, 1760-1825 |
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France. Armée. Armée d'Afrique |
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Algeria -- Politics and government -- 1830-1962.
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Assimilation (Sociology) -- Colonies -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration.
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Assimilation (Sociology) -- France -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century.
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HISTORY -- General. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
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Armed Forces -- Officers -- Political activity |
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French colonies |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Colonies -- Administration |
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Politics and government |
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Africa |
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Algeria |
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France |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1962 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Abi-Mershed, Osama. Apostles of modernity. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010 9780804769099 (DLC) 2009050167 (OCoLC)494691356 |
| ISBN |
9780804774727 (electronic bk.) |
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0804774722 (electronic bk.) |
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0804769095 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780804769099 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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