We are no longer in France : communists in colonial Algeria / Allison Drew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drew, Allison, Author.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥizb al-Shuyūʻī al-Jazāʼirī.

Ḥizb al-Shuyūʻī al-Jazāʾirī.

Nationalism and communism--Algeria--History--20th century.

Nationalism and communism.

Communism--Algeria.

Communism.

Algeria.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations (black & white), tables, maps; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

MSI edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2015, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria's communist movement.

Contents:

Introduction-imagining socialism and communism in Algeria

The land and its conquest

Grappling for a communist foothold

"The mountain 'was going communist': peasant struggles on the Mitidja

"This land is not for sale": communists, nationalists and the popular front

The nation in formation: communists and nationalists during the Second World War

For an Algerian national front: unity and division in the liberation struggle

Sparking an insurrection: pressure from the countryside

"Our people will overcome": to the cities and the prisons

"We need a country that talks": imagining the future Algeria

Conclusion: Algerian communists and the new Algeria.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781847799203

1847799205

9781847799210

1847799213

9781781707029

1781707022

OCLC:

981604701