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Book SynopsisExamines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. This title offers a look at the social use of urban space in a North African city.
Trade Review"The collection does an excellent job of demonstrating the richness of visual and material sources for urban and colonial history and will provide a valuable resource to scholars."
-- Victoria E. Thompson * Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East *
"The picture of Algiers that emerges from the Walls of Algiers is one that fulfills the ambitions of its authors and the book and the different contributions that are made offer much to both the casual reader and the specialist. It is a fascinating collection that should be read by anyone interested in Algeria and the multivariate processes of Algeria's colonization."
* Reviews in History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction / Zeynep Celik, Julia Clancy-Smith, and Frances Terpak
Part One | Peoples
1. Eroticism, Erasures, and Absence: The Peopling of Algiers, 1830-1900 / Julia Clancy-Smith
2. Medina and Modernity: The Emergence of Muslim Civil Society in Algiers between the Two World Wars / Omar Carlier
Part Two | Images
3. The Promise and Power of New Technologies: Nineteenth-Century Algiers / Frances Terpak
4. A Lingering Obsession: The Houses of Algiers in French Colonial Discourse / Zeynep Celik
5. The Invisible Prison: Representing Algiers on Film / Eric Breitbart
Part Three | Places
6. Masking and Unmasking the Historic Quarters of Algiers: The Reassessment of an Archive / Isabelle Grangaud
7. Historic Intersections: The Center of Algiers / Zeynep Celik
Historiographies of Algiers: Critical Reflections / Patricia M. E. Lorcin
Selected Bibliography
Index
Contributors
