By Sword and Plow

E. Sessions Jennifer

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In 1830, with France's colonial empire in ruins, Charles X ordered his army to invade Ottoman Algiers. Victory did not salvage his regime from revolution, but it began the French conquest of Algeria, which was continued and consolidated by the succeeding July Monarchy. In By Sword and Plow, Jennifer E. Sessions explains why France chose first to conquer Algeria and then to transform it into its only large-scale settler colony. Deftly reconstructing the political culture of mid-nineteenth-century France, she also sheds light on policies whose long-term consequences remain a source of social, cultural, and political tensions in France and its former colony.In Sessions's view, French expansion in North Africa was rooted in contests over sovereignty and male citizenship in the wake of the Atlantic revolutions of the eighteenth century. The French monarchy embraced warfare as a means to legitimize new forms of rule, incorporating the Algerian army into royal iconography and public festivals. Colorful broadsides, songs, and plays depicted the men of the Armee d'Afrique as citizen soldiers. Social reformers and colonial theorists formulated plans to settle Algeria with European emigrants. The propaganda used to recruit settlers featured imagery celebrating Algeria's agricultural potential, but the male emigrants who responded were primarily poor, urban laborers who saw the colony as a place to exercise what they saw as their right to work. Generously illustrated with examples of this imperialist iconography, Sessions's work connects a wide-ranging culture of empire to specific policies of colonization during a pivotal period in the genesis of modern France.

Sujets

• Histoire
• North Africa
• History of Africa
• History of Europe
• France

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780801454479
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 17 Mo

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Lîbrary o Congréss Catalogîng-în-Publîcatîon Data Séssîons, Jénnîér E. (Jénnîér Elson), 1974–  By sword and plow : Francé and té conquést o Algérîa / Jénnîér E. Séssîons.  p. cm.  Includés bîblîograpîcal rééréncés and îndéx.  ISBN 978-0-8014-4975-8 (clot : alk. papér)  ISBN 978-0-8014-5652-7 (pbk. : alk. papér)  1. Algérîa—Hîstory—Frénc Expédîtîon, 1830. 2. Francé—Hîstory—July Révolutîon, 1830. 3. Algérîa—Hîstory—1830–1962. I. Tîtlé.  DT294.S44 2011  965'.03—dc22 2011017247

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Contents

Introductîon:he Cultural Orîgîns of Frenc Algerîa

PART I. By the Sword 1.ATaléoTwoDéspots:he Invasîon of Algerîa and te Revolutîon of 1830 2.EmpîréoMérît:he July Monarcy and te Algerîan War 3.héBloodoBrotérs:Bonapartîsm and te Popular Culture of Conquest

PARTII. By the Plow 4.héEmpîréoVîrtué:Colonîalîsm în te Age of Abolîtîon 5.SéllîngAlgérîa:Speculatîon and te Colonîal Landscape 6.SéttlîngAlgérîa:Labor, Emîgratîon, and Cîtîzensîp

Conclusîon:Polîtîcs and Empîre în Nîneteent-Century France

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 1.he Royal Evacuatîon, 1830 2.Accurate Vîew of te Cîty and Port of Algîers, 1830 3.Grands projets, 1830 4. J. J. Grandvîllé, “O! té arabésqué!” 1830  5.he Mîlîtary Promenade, 1830 6.Algîers Is Taken 7.Mangîn’s Order and Nobîlîty of Soul, 1830 8. “And you too aré dîspossésséd?” 1830 9.Royal Menagerîe, 1830 îmagés o té July Révolutîon and10. Popular té Algîérs éxpédîtîon, 1830 11.Fall of Algîers, 1830 o té Constantîné Galléry12. Engravîng Grandvîllé carîcaturé o Louîs-Pîlîppé’s13. J.-J. oréîgn polîcy, 1832 14. Carîcaturé o Louîs-Pîlîppé’s attacmént to Valmy and Jémappés, 1831 my atér, wîll léavé mé no moré15. “Pîlîppé, glory to acquîré!” 1834 o té duc d’OrlÈans’s mîlîtary16. Carîcaturé caréér, 1835

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