History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria

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