From Empire to Exile - History Memory Within Pied Noir Harki Communities, 19622012

This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces. It examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: The Era of 'Absence', 1962-91
Emergence, 1962-75
1 Creating a community
2 The sounds of silence
Consolidation, 1975-91
3 Creating an identity
4 Breaking the silence
Part II: The 'Return' of the War of Independence, 1991-2012
Acceleration, 1991-2005
5 Hardening attitudes
6 Speaking out
Memory wars, 1999-2012
7 Friends and enemies
8 Champs de bataille
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Claire Eldridge is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Leeds

Summary

This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces. It examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Claire Eldridge, Eldridge Claire
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781526127167
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2716-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Studies in Modern French History; Studies in Modern French Histo; Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General