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History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria

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Informationen zum Autor James McDougall is Assistant Professor in History at Princeton University. He has edited Nation, Society and Culture in North Africa (2003). Klappentext An exceptional analysis of the relationship between colonialism! Islamic culture and nationalism in Algeria. Zusammenfassung Colonialism denied Algeria its own history; nationalism reinvented it. James McDougall charts the creation of that history through colonialism to independence! exploring the relationship between history! Islamic culture and nationalism in Algeria. This book will be read by colonial historians! social theorists! scholars of the Middle East and North Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; The language of history; Prologue: Tunis, 1899; 1. The margins of a world in fragments; 2. The conquest conquered?; 3. The doctors of new religion; 4. Saint cults and ancestors; 5. Arabs and Berbers?; Epilogue: Algiers, 2001; The invention of authenticity; Bibliography.

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Authors McDougall James, James McDougall, James (Princeton University Mcdougall
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 11.12.2008
 
EAN 9780521103671
ISBN 978-0-521-10367-1
No. of pages 284
Series Cambridge Middle East Studies
Cambridge Middle East Studies
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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