By Sword and Plow : : France and the Conquest of Algeria / / Jennifer E. Sessions.
In 1830, with France's colonial empire in ruins, Charles X ordered his army to invade Ottoman Algiers. Victory did not salvage his regime from revolution, but it began the French conquest of Algeria, which was continued and consolidated by the succeeding July Monarchy. In By Sword and Plow, Jen...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 54 halftones, 2 maps, 9 tables, 1 chart/graph |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Cultural Origins of French Algeria
- PART I. By the Sword
- 1. A Tale of Two Despots
- 2. Empire of Merit
- 3. The Blood of Brothers
- PART II. By the Plow
- 4. The Empire of Virtue
- 5. Selling Algeria
- 6. Settling Algeria
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography of Primary Sources
- Index