Making Algeria French : colonialism in Bône, 1870-1920 /

Making Algeria French relates the history of the pieds noirs and Algerians in colonial Bône, renamed Annaba in 1962. Located in eastern Algeria, this Mediterranean port city staked an early claim to world historical fame as the site of St. Augustine's Hippo. Long after the Romans, as well as th...

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Main Author: Prochaska, David.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 2002.
Edition:First paperback edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Tables
  • Maps and figures
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • 1. Theoretical foundations: settler colonialism and colonial urbanism
  • Part I. From Precolonial Annaba to Colonial Bône, 1830-1870: 2. Annaba on the eve of the French conquest
  • 3. Bône during the first decades of French rule, 1830-1870
  • Part II. Bône: The Formation of a Settler Colonial City, 1870-1920: 4. The urban economy and the regional setting
  • 5. The people of Bône
  • 6. Patronage, corruption, and the 'Boss' of Bône: Je;rome Bertagna
  • 7. The creation of a colonial culture
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Sources and bibliography
  • Index.