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-Jazāʾirī.

Communism--Algeria.

Communism.

Algeria--History--1830-1962.

Algeria.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

MSI edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria's communist movement. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Algerian history, French colonial history and communist history.

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 online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 7, 2026).

ISBN:

9781847799203

1847799205

9781847799210

1847799213

9781781707029

1781707022

OCLC:

981604701