Description
Book SynopsisThis study is based on research in the former Bône municipal archives, generally barred to researchers since 1962. Prochaska concentrates on the formative decades of settler society and culture between 1870 and 1920. He describes in turn the economic, social, political, and cultural history of Bône through the First World War.
Table of ContentsTables; Maps and figures; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Theoretical foundations: settler colonialism and colonial urbanism; Part I. From Precolonial Annaba to Colonial Bône, 1830–1870: 2. Annaba on the eve of the French conquest; 3. Bône during the first decades of French rule, 1830–1870; Part II. Bône: The Formation of a Settler Colonial City, 1870–1920: 4. The urban economy and the regional setting; 5. The people of Bône; 6. Patronage, corruption, and the 'Boss' of Bône: Jérome Bertagna; 7. The creation of a colonial culture; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Sources and bibliography; Index.
