Divided Rule
Subtitle: Sovereignty and Empire in French Tunisia, 1881-1938
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Sep 27, 2013
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780520279155
Description: "After invading Tunisia in 1881, the French installed a protectorate in which they shared power with the Tunisian ruling dynasty and, due to the dynasty's treaties with other European powers, with some of their imperial rivals. This "indirect" form of colonization was intended to prevent the violent clashes marking France's outright annexation of neighboring Algeria. But as Mary Dewhurst Lewis shows in Divided Rule, France's method of governance in Tunisia actually created a whole new set of conflicts. In one of the most dynamic crossroads of the Mediterranean world, residents of Tunisia--whether Muslim, Jewish, or Christian--navigated through the competing power structures to further their civil rights and individual interests and often thwarted the aims of the French state in the process." --
Notes: Source title: Divided Rule: Sovereignty and Empire in French Tunisia, 1881-1938