Mobilizing memory : the Great War and the language of politics in colonial Algeria, 1918-39 / Dónal Hassett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassett, Dónal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Algeria--Influence.

World War, 1914-1918.

Algeria--History--1830-1962.

Algeria.

History.

Algeria--Politics and government--1830-1962.

Politics and government.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Contents:

1 Fighting for the Empire p. 16

Citizenship and Subjecthood in Pre-War Colonial Algeria p. 17

Conscription in the Colonies? p. 20

Algeria in the Imperial Great War p. 26

Legacies of the Imperial Wartime Experience p. 33

Conceptualizing Colonial Claims-Making in the Wake of the War p. 35

2 Remaking the Post-War Colonial Order p. 43

Legislating for Colonial Reform p. 44

The Wilsonian Temptation p. 45

Algerian Autonomy p. 53

Quantifying the Communal Contribution to the Great War p. 56

Qualifying the Communal Contribution to the Great War p. 62

Assessing Personal and Group Sacrifice p. 66

Evaluating the Reciprocal Relationship p. 69

3 Social Claims in the Shadow of the Fallen p. 77

Algeria's Left and the Great War p. 78

The 'Syndicalist Spring': Algeria's Labour Movement in Early 1919 p. 80

Mobilizing against La Vie Chère: Capitalizing on the Cost of Living p. 83

Reform, Revolution, and Railwaymen: The Strikes of 1920 p. 87

'Defending Victory': Opposing the Left's Vision of Post-War Algeria p. 90

Fraternity of Arms or Equality of Sacrifice: The Left and the 'Indigenous Question' p. 97

4 Communal Contributions and Racial Hierarchies p. 108

Algeria: Fertile Ground for the Extreme Right p. 108

'What if the Unknown Soldier Were a Jew?' Algeria's Jews and the Extreme Right p. 110

Fraternity or Hierarchy in the Trenches: Muslims, the Great War, and the Extreme Right p. 127

Settlers and Soldiers: Algeria's Europeans, the Great War, and the Extreme Right p. 133

5 "They Have Rights over Us': Algeria's Veteran Activists p. 141

Algeria's Veterans Emerging from the Great War p. 142

Early Responses to Inequalities in Provision p. 145

Indigenous Veterans and the Rise of Mass Politics, 1930-6 p. 152

The Emergence of the Indigenous Veterans' Associations p. 156

The Intervention of the 'Colonial-Military Complex' p. 162

Challenging European Hegemony within the Veterans' Movement p. 166

6 Pensions, Posts, and Petitions p. 176

Legislating for 'Mutual Obligation' p. 177

Breaking through the Bureaucracy: Applying for a Pension p. 181

Winning Favour through Correspondence p. 185

Supplication and the Evocation of Sacrifice p. 188

Indigenous Claimants Assert Their Rights p. 190

Distributing Pensions: Muslim Law and Moral Rights p. 195

Posts, Petitions, and Preferential Treatment p. 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198831684

9780198831686

OCLC:

1083458444