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From empire to exile : history and memory within the pied-noir and harki communities, 1962-2012 / Claire Eldridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eldridge, Claire, author.
- Series:
- Studies in modern French history.
- Studies in modern French history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Revolution (Algeria : 1954-1962).
- Algerians--France--History--20th century.
- Algerians.
- Harkis--France--History--20th century.
- Harkis.
- France.
- Algeria.
- Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) : maps; digital file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Exploring the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces, this title examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: The Era of 'Absence', 1962-91
- Emergence, 1962-75
- 1. Creating a community
- 2. The sounds of silence
- Consolidation, 1975-91
- 3 .Creating an identity
- 4. Breaking the silence
- Part II: The 'Return' of the War of Independence, 1991-2012
- Acceleration, 1991-2005
- 5. Hardening attitudes
- 6.Speaking out
- Memory wars, 1999-2012
- 7. Friends and enemies
- 8. Champs de bataille
- Conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-325), filmography, and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526100863
- 152610086X
- 9781526115089
- 1526115085
- 9781526100856
- 1526100851
- OCLC:
- 980141302
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