By sword and plow
Subtitle: France and the conquest of Algeria
By: Jennifer E. Sessions
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780801449758
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-356) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the cultural origins of French Algeria; title: A tale of two despots : the invasion of Algeria and the Revolution of 1830; title: Empire of merit : the July monarchy and the Algerian war; title: The blood of brothers : Bonapartism and the popular culture of conquest; title: The empire of virtue : colonialism in the age of abolition; title: Selling Algeria : speculation and the colonial landscape; title: Settling Algeria : labor, emigration, and citizenship; title: Conclusion : politics and empire in nineteenth-century France.