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By sword and plow : France and the conquest of Algeria /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sessions, Jennifer E. (Jennifer Elson), 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Algeria > History > French Expedition, 1830.
France > History > July Revolution, 1830.
Algeria > History > 1830-1962.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the cultural origins of French Algeria
  • A tale of two despots : the invasion of Algeria and the Revolution of 1830
  • Empire of merit : the July monarchy and the Algerian war
  • The blood of brothers : Bonapartism and the popular culture of conquest
  • The empire of virtue : colonialism in the age of abolition
  • Selling Algeria : speculation and the colonial landscape
  • Settling Algeria : labor, emigration, and citizenship
  • Conclusion : politics and empire in nineteenth-century France.