The invention of decolonization
Subtitle: the Algerian War and the remaking of France
By: Todd Shepard.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780801443602
Subjects: Decolonization -- France -- History -- 20th century; Decolonization -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century; Repatriation -- France -- History -- 20th century; National characteristics, French; Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Influence; France -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; Algeria -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; France -- Civilization -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: French Muslims citizens from Algeria : a short history; title: Inventing decolonization; title: The "tide of history" versus the laws of the republic; title: Forgetting French Algeria; title: Making Algerians; title: Repatriation rather than aliyah : the Jews of France and the end of French Algeria; title: Veiled "Muslim" women, violent pied noir men, and the family of France : gender, sexuality, and ethnic difference; title: Repatriating the Europeans; title: Rejecting the Muslims; title: The post-Algerian republic; title: Conclusion : forgetting Algerian France.