{"product_id":"lethal-provocation-9781501739415","title":"Lethal Provocation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart murder mystery, part social history of political violence, \u003ci\u003eLethal Provocation\u003c\/i\u003e is a forensic examination of the deadliest peacetime episode of anti-Jewish violence in modern French history. Joshua Cole reconstructs the 1934 riots in Constantine, Algeria, in which tensions between Muslims and Jews were aggravated by right-wing extremists, resulting in the deaths of twenty-eight people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimating the unrest was Mohamed El Maadi, a soldier in the French army. Later a member of a notorious French nationalist group that threatened insurrection in the late 1930s, El Maadi became an enthusiastic supporter of France''s Vichy regime in World War II, and finished his career in the German SS. Cole cracks the cold case of El Maadi''s participation in the events, revealing both his presence at the scene and his motives in provoking violence at a moment when the French government was debating the rights of Muslims in Algeria. Local police and authorities came to know about the r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving seamlessly between a range of historical registers, Cole offers at once a history of religious life under French colonial rule, a portrait of socio-cultural change in a transforming colonial city, an analysis of the intersections of metropolitan and colonial politics in the 1930s, and a granular reconstruction of the events worthy of a great criminologist. Lethal Provocation will remain a classic in French colonial studies for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * Alf Andrew Heggogy Book Prize Citation *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Cole's fascinating and extremely well-researched and well-written\u003ci\u003e Lethal Provocation: The Constantine Murders adn the Politics of French Algeria \u003c\/i\u003eis like a strong wind in the sails of the microhistorical method.\u003c\/p\u003e * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCole has done a great service in unpacking all of this, and has managed to do so while producing a gripping history that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Modern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeticulously researched and deftly constructed, Cole's work delineates how the riots, long mischaracterized and misunderstood by contemporaries and historians alike, shed new light on the activities of neofascist elements of the French right in Algeria. The author offers not only a fascinating glimpse into the conspiracy and the official coverup, but in reconstructing social relations on the local level, he illuminates the twisted racial logic(s) of the French colonial state.\u003c\/p\u003e * Histoire sociale\/Social History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Constantine in North African History\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"Native,\" \"Jewish,\" and \"European\"\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Crucible of Local Politics\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Postwar Moment\u003cbr\u003e 5. French Algeria's Dual Fracture\u003cbr\u003e 6. Provocation, Difference, and Public Space\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rehearsals for Crisis\u003cbr\u003e 8. Friday and Saturday, August 3-4, 1934\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sunday, August 5, 1934\u003cbr\u003e 10. Shock and Containment\u003cbr\u003e 11. Empire of Fright\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Police Investigation\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Agitator\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Trials\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409338048855,"sku":"9781501739415","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501739415.jpg?v=1730506472","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lethal-provocation-9781501739415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}