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This 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 Contents
Tables; 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.

Making Algeria French

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 3 November 2004
      ISBN-13 9780521531283
      978-0521531283
      ISBN-10 0521531284
      Also in:
      African history Colonialism and imperialism National liberation and independence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This 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 Contents
      Tables; 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.

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