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.

Product details

• Authors: Prakash Amit
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.11.2025
• EAN: 9780198976134
• ISBN: 978-0-19-897613-4
• Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); 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