Format:
1 Online-Ressource (384 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9780801454479
Content:
Generously illustrated with examples of this imperialist iconography, Sessions's work connects a wide-ranging culture of empire to specific policies of colonization during a pivotal period in the genesis of modern France.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Cultural Origins of French Algeria -- PART I. By the Sword -- 1. A Tale of Two Despots: The Invasion of Algeria and the Revolution of 1830 -- 2. Empire of Merit: The July Monarchy and the Algerian War -- 3. The Blood of Brothers: Bonapartism and the Popular Culture of Conquest -- PART II. By the Plow -- 4. The Empire of Virtue: Colonialism in the Age of Abolition -- 5. Selling Algeria: Speculation and the Colonial Landscape -- 6. Settling Algeria: Labor, Emigration, and Citizenship -- Conclusion: Politics and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France -- Selected Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801449758
Additional Edition:
Print version Sessions, Jennifer E By Sword and Plow : France and the Conquest of Algeria Ithaca : Cornell University Press,c2011 ISBN 9780801449758
Language:
English
