RT Book
T1 France and Algeria: a history of decolonization and transformation
A1 Naylor, Phillip Chiviges 1948-
LA English
PP Austin
PB University of Texas Press
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/190097472X
AB An examination of the complicated history between France and Algeria since the latter’s independence. While most related studies concentrate on the colonial era and Algeria's War of Independence, France and Algeria details the nations' postcolonial relationship. Phillip Naylor provides a philosophical approach, contending that France reformulated, rather than repudiated, “essential” strategic values during decolonization. It thus continued to pursue grandeur and independence, especially with regard to the Third World and Algeria, an essentialism that expedited France’s postcolonial transformation. But as a new nation, Algeria needed to pursue the “existential” project of self-definition. It became involved in state-building while also promulgating socialism, and it recognized how French oil concessions in the Sahara impeded its independence, leading to the industry's postcolonial decolonization. Finally, the postcolonial relationship has featured a human dimension involving immigrants, pieds-noirs (colonial settlers), and harkis (Algerian soldiers loyal to France), all of them central to bilateral relations. In this revised and updated edition of his seminal work, first published over twenty years ago, Naylor expands his coverage of the decolonization era, drawing on new information while continuing to study the ever-evolving relationship between the two countries. These new additions expose the continually shifting relations of power, perception, and identity between the two states
OP 476
CN DT287.5.F8
SN 978-1-4773-2844-6
K1 Decolonization : Algeria : History
K1 Postcolonialism : Algeria : History
K1 HISTORY / Africa / North
K1 HISTORY / Europe / France
K1 HISTORY / General
K1 Colonialism
K1 Evian Accords
K1 Fitna
K1 Postcolonial
K1 Decolonization
K1 historical narrative
K1 postcolonial history
K1 Colonial history
K1 colonial history of France
K1 colonial history of Algeria
K1 bilateral history
K1 North Africa
K1 Algerian history
K1 HISTORY / Africa / General
K1 HISTORY / Europe / General
K1 colonialism, Evian Accords, Fitna, postcolonial, decolonization, historical narrative, postcolonial history, colonial history, colonial history of France, colonial history of Algeria, bilateral history, North Africa, Algerian history
DO 10.7560/328439