Algeria in France : transpolitics, race, and nation /

Algerian migration to France began at the end of the 19th century, but in recent years France's Algerian community has been the focus of a shifting public debate encompassing issues of unemployment, multiculturalism, Islam, and terrorism. In this finely crafted historical and anthropological st...

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Main Author: Silverstein, Paul A., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780253003041
0253003040
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Algerian migration to France began at the end of the 19th century, but in recent years France's Algerian community has been the focus of a shifting public debate encompassing issues of unemployment, multiculturalism, Islam, and terrorism. In this finely crafted historical and anthropological study, Paul A. Silverstein examines a wide range of social and cultural forms -- from immigration policy, colonial governance, and urban planning to corporate advertising, sports, literary narratives, and songs -- for.
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 1998) presented under the title: Trans-politics: Islam, Berberity and the French nation-state.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.
Series:New anthropologies of Europe.
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