Algeria, 1830-2000: A Short History Contributor(s): Stora, Benjamin (Author), Todd, Jane Marie (Translator), Quandt, William B. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0801489164 ISBN-13: 9780801489167 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: Algeria, 1830-2000 is a comprehensive narrative history Benjamin Stora presents the story of this turbulent country from the start of formal French colonialism in the early nineteenth century, through the prolonged war for independence in the latter 1950s, to the internal strife of the present day. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - History | Africa - General - History | Africa - North |
Dewey: 965.046 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.98" W x 8.92" (0.97 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - French |
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Publisher Description: A particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International notes that since 1992, in a population of 28 million, 80,000 people have been reported killed, and the actual total is almost certainly higher. This terrible war overshadows Algeria's long and complex history and its prominence on the world economic stage--second in size among African nations, Algeria has the longest Mediterranean coastline and contains the world's fifth-largest natural gas reserves. Algeria, 1830-2000 is a comprehensive narrative history of the country. Benjamin Stora, widely recognized as the leading expert on Algeria, presents the story of this turbulent area from the start of formal French colonialism in the early nineteenth century, through the prolonged war for independence in the latter 1950s, to the internal strife of the present day. This book adapts and updates three short volumes published originally in French by La Découverte. For this English edition, Stora has written a new introductory chapter on Algeria's colonial period (1830-1954) and has revised the final section to bring the volume up to date. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stora, Benjamin: - Benjamin Stora is Professor of History at the University of Paris, Saint Denis. He is the author of a dozen books on North Africa and the Arab communities of France, including La Gangrène et l'oubli, la mémoire de la guerre d'Algérie. |