Marrying the Orient and the Occident: Shipping and Commerce between France and Algeria, 1830-1914
Journal: OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network)
Year: 2011

Steam technology radically transformed world shipping in the nineteenth century.Shipping lines established fast and predictable schedules that linked the far reaches of the world to Europe.These sea routes also went hand-in-hand with European imperial expansion; regular, reliable communications between colony and mother country cemented imperial control.To analyze these links, I explore the establishment and operation of shipping lines between France and its most prized colony, Algeria, between