Apostles of Modernity : Saint-Simonians and the Civilizing Mission in Algeria.

This study of the specialized military Offices of Arab Affairs in Algeria during the formative decades of French rule from 1830 to 1870 disputes the conventional view that the doctrine of assimilation governed France's colonial policies and practices in the nineteenth century.

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Author / Creator: Abi-Mershed, Osama.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2010.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Republicanism Deferred -- 1. Never the Twain Shall Meet? -- 2. The Moral Conquest -- 3. Impermanent Monstrosities -- 4. Lights Out -- 5. Raised in Our Care -- 6. Napoleon, Emperor of the Arabs -- Conclusion: Another Napoleon, Another Waterloo -- Appendices -- 1. Chronology, 1830-1870 -- 2. Ministers and Administrators, 1830-1871 -- 3. Directorate of Arab Affairs -- 4. Biographical Index -- 5. Project for the Organization of Muslim Public Instruction, June 5, 1849 -- 6. Presidential Decree of July 14, 1850 -- 7. Presidential Decree of September 30, 1850 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
520 |a This study of the specialized military Offices of Arab Affairs in Algeria during the formative decades of French rule from 1830 to 1870 disputes the conventional view that the doctrine of assimilation governed France's colonial policies and practices in the nineteenth century. 
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650 0 |a Saint-Simon, Henri, -- comte de, -- 1760-1825 -- Influence. 
650 0 |a France. -- Armée. -- Armée d'Afrique -- Officers -- Political activity -- Algeria. 
650 0 |a Assimilation (Sociology) -- France -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century. 
650 0 |a Algeria -- Politics and government -- 1830-1962. 
650 0 |a France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration. 
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