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In this account of the Algerian War's effect on French political structures and notions of national identity, Todd Shepard asserts that the separation of Algeria from France was truly a revolutionary event with lasting consequences for French social...



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List of Abbreviations
Chronology of French Occupation of AlgeriaIntroductionPart I; The Making and Forgetting of French Algeria
1. Muslim French Citizens from Algeria: A Short History
2. Inventing Decolonization
3. The "Tide of History" versus the Laws of the Republic
4. Forgetting French AlgeriaPart II: Between France and Algeria
5. Making Algerians
6. Repatriation Rather Than Aliyah: The Jews of France and the End of French Algeria
7. Veiled "Muslim" Women, Violent Pied Noir Men, and the Family of France: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnic DifferencePart III: The Exodus and After
8. Repatriating the Europeans
9. Rejecting the Muslims
10. The Post-Algerian RepublicConclusion: Forgetting Algerian FranceBibliography of Primary Sources
Index

The Invention of Decolonization

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/03/2006
      ISBN13: 9780801443602, 978-0801443602
      ISBN10: 0801443601

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this account of the Algerian War's effect on French political structures and notions of national identity, Todd Shepard asserts that the separation of Algeria from France was truly a revolutionary event with lasting consequences for French social...



      Table of Contents

      List of Abbreviations
      Chronology of French Occupation of AlgeriaIntroductionPart I; The Making and Forgetting of French Algeria
      1. Muslim French Citizens from Algeria: A Short History
      2. Inventing Decolonization
      3. The "Tide of History" versus the Laws of the Republic
      4. Forgetting French AlgeriaPart II: Between France and Algeria
      5. Making Algerians
      6. Repatriation Rather Than Aliyah: The Jews of France and the End of French Algeria
      7. Veiled "Muslim" Women, Violent Pied Noir Men, and the Family of France: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnic DifferencePart III: The Exodus and After
      8. Repatriating the Europeans
      9. Rejecting the Muslims
      10. The Post-Algerian RepublicConclusion: Forgetting Algerian FranceBibliography of Primary Sources
      Index

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