Title Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa / Bonnie Effros.

Publication Info.	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages)
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Knowing and controlling : early archaeological exploration in the Algerian colony -- Envisioning the future : French generals' use of ancient Rome in the 1840s -- The view from ancient Lambaesis -- Institutionalizing Algerian archaeology -- Cartography and field archaeology during the Second Empire -- Epilogue : classical archaeology in Algeria after 1870.
Summary	"From 1830, the Roman ruins of North Africa intrigued invading French military officers and became key to the colonial narrative justifying French settlement of North Africa"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Algeria -- History -- 19th century.
	Archaeology -- Political aspects.
	Algeria.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Archaeology.
	Archaeology -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 19th century.
	France.
	Archaeology and state -- France -- History -- 19th century.
	Archaeology and state.
	France -- Armed Forces -- Algeria -- Operations other than war -- History -- 19th century.
	Armed Forces.
	Algeria -- Antiquities, Roman.
	Classical antiquities.
	Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962.
Chronological Term	1830-1962
	1800-1962
Genre/Form	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Effros, Bonnie, 1965- Incidental archaeologists. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501702105 (DLC) 2017048068
ISBN	9781501718540 (electronic book)
	1501718541 (electronic book)
	9781501718533
	1501718533
	9781501702105 (hardcover)

Title Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa / Bonnie Effros.

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