France and Algeria : a history of decolonization and transformation / Phillip Naylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naylor, Phillip Chiviges, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Algeria--History.

Decolonization.

Postcolonialism--Algeria--History.

Postcolonialism.

Algeria--History--21st century.

Algeria.

Algeria--History--20th century.

France--Relations--Algeria--History.

France.

Algeria--Relations--France--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 450 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Revised and updated edition

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2024.

Summary:

"An examination of the complicated history between France and Algeria since the latter's independence. While most related studies concentrate on the colonial era and Algeria's War of Independence, France and Algeria details the nations' postcolonial relationship. Phillip Naylor provides a philosophical approach, contending that France reformulated, rather than repudiated, "essential" strategic values during decolonization. It thus continued to pursue grandeur and independence, especially with regard to the Third World and Algeria, an essentialism that expedited France's postcolonial transformation. But as a new nation, Algeria needed to pursue the "existential" project of self-definition. It became involved in state-building while also promulgating socialism, and it recognized how French oil concessions in the Sahara impeded its independence, leading to the industry's postcolonial decolonization. Finally, the postcolonial relationship has featured a human dimension involving immigrants, pieds-noirs (colonial settlers), and harkis (Algerian soldiers loyal to France), all of them central to bilateral relations. In this revised and updated edition of his seminal work, first published over twenty years ago, Naylor expands his coverage of the decolonization era, drawing on new information while continuing to study the ever-evolving relationship between the two countries. These new additions expose the continually shifting relations of power, perception, and identity between the two states.

Contents:

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the second edition

Introduction

Chapter 1. The colonial relationship, 1830-1958

Chapter 2. The political decolonization of Algeria and the Évian Accords, 1958-1962

Chapter 3. Independence with interdependence, 1962-1965

Chapter 4. The decline and demise of privileged cooperation, 1965-1971

Chapter 5. "Turning the page," 1972-1980

Chapter 6. Redressing the relationship, 1981-1988

Chapter 7. Algeria's upheaval and France, 1988-1992

Chapter 8. From the Civil War to the election of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 1992-1999

Chapter 9. Refounding the relationship, 1999-2023

Chapter 10. French-Algerian mirrors and mirages

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4773-2844-0

9781477328446 (electronic book)

OCLC:

1427663679