Baraka and the ʻUjâq -- Religion and revolution: Ideology from the Rive Nord -- Messianic positivism and the Maraboutic state -- Algérie française and the teleological railroad -- Ethnicity and the locomotive class -- Islam progressiste and the gnoseology of state.
Covering a period of five hundred years, from the arrival of the Ottomans to the aftermath of the Arab uprisings, James McDougall presents an expansive new account of the modern history of Africa's largest country. Drawing on substantial new scholarship and over a decade of rese…
Ecologies, societies, cultures and the state, 1516-1830 -- Conquest, resistance, and accomodation, 1830-1911 -- The means of domination, 1830-1944 -- The politics of loyalty and dissent, 1912-1942 -- Revolution and civil war, 1942-1962 -- The unfinished revolution, 1962-1992 -- …
An essential introduction to the history of Algeria, spanning a period of five hundred years.
Drawing on substantial new scholarship and over a decade of research, this book explores the dramatic modern history of Africa's largest country. The author places Algerian society at the center of the story, tracing the continuities and the resilience of Algeria's people and th…