Empire on the Seine - The Policing of North Africans in Paris, 1925-1975

Amit Prakash draws on extensive archival materials to understand the colonial legacy of how minority populations have been policed in twentieth century Paris, showing how colonial racism was integrated into the policing of Paris, and that architecture, urbanism, and social housing contributed to this legacy.

List of contents

• Introduction: Policing Imperial Paris


• 1: The Police Conception of North Africans


• 2: The Police Production of Space


• 3: The Coming of the Algerian Revolution


• 4: Imperial Sentinels


• 5: Droit de Cité(s)


• 6: The Quest for 'Autonomy'


• Conclusion: Imperial Shadows

About the author

Amit Prakash is a historian specializing in the history of policing, modern imperialism, and decolonization. He has taught at Columbia University, Bryn Mawr College, Poly Prep, and the Trinity School in New York City. He is co-host of the politics and history podcast No Politics at the Dinner Table. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the International and Global Studies program at Middlebury College.

Summary

Amit Prakash draws on extensive archival materials to understand the colonial legacy of how minority populations have been policed in twentieth century Paris, showing how colonial racism was integrated into the policing of Paris, and that architecture, urbanism, and social housing contributed to this legacy.

Additional text

Empire on the Seine is a well-written and welcome addition to the growing scholarship on colonial migration and police surveillance in France and the French Empire...Prakash's book succeeds in positioning Paris as an imperial capital, but it also moves back and forth from metropole to colony when needed, showing how the two were deeply intertwined in terms of ideas, policy, and actions. Empire on the Seine succeeds in showing that the violence of colonialism, from the earliest conquest to the wars of independence, constantly intruded on the metropole.

Product details

• Authors: Prakash , Amit Prakash, Amit (Visiting Assistant Professor of Int Prakash, Prakash Amit
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780192898876
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289887-6
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); France, European History, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Paris (City), North Africa, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage