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The French intifada : the long war between France and its Arabs / Andrew Hussey.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London : Granta Books, 2015Edition: First American editionDescription: x, 437 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781847082596
  • 1847082599
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 961.04
LOC classification:
  • 500 DT 197.5 H972f 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: "Fuck France!" -- Part One. State of Denial -- Murder in the Suburbs -- The Secrets of Lyons -- A Soldier for God -- Part Two. Algeria, Prisoners of Love -- The Walls of Algiers -- Conquest -- The Secret World of the "Algerines" -- New America -- The French Kingdom of the Arabs -- Latin Africa -- Awakenings -- Enemy States -- Switching Sides -- The Reconquest -- Capitals of Madness -- De Gaulle and the French Civil War -- An Experimental Nation -- The Algerian Intifada -- The New War with France -- Mysteries and Martyrs -- Family Secrets -- The French Intifada -- Part Three. In Morocco -- Queer Tangier -- Peaceful Penetration -- French Friends -- Modern Times -- Blank Generation -- Setting Europe on Fire -- The Neuilly-Marrakesh Express -- Part Four. Tunisia, Made In France -- The Mysteries of Tunis -- Stealing Tunisia -- Holidays in the Sun -- Miracles -- Part Five. Prisoners of War -- Muslims in Prison.
Summary: From the leading British commentator on France, this is an absorbing, vivid, and monumental account of the tortured relationship between France and its ex-colonies, from the first days of Empire to the ongoing eruptions of violence in the Parisian suburbs
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 500 DT 197.5 H972f 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000117409

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "Fuck France!" -- Part One. State of Denial -- Murder in the Suburbs -- The Secrets of Lyons -- A Soldier for God -- Part Two. Algeria, Prisoners of Love -- The Walls of Algiers -- Conquest -- The Secret World of the "Algerines" -- New America -- The French Kingdom of the Arabs -- Latin Africa -- Awakenings -- Enemy States -- Switching Sides -- The Reconquest -- Capitals of Madness -- De Gaulle and the French Civil War -- An Experimental Nation -- The Algerian Intifada -- The New War with France -- Mysteries and Martyrs -- Family Secrets -- The French Intifada -- Part Three. In Morocco -- Queer Tangier -- Peaceful Penetration -- French Friends -- Modern Times -- Blank Generation -- Setting Europe on Fire -- The Neuilly-Marrakesh Express -- Part Four. Tunisia, Made In France -- The Mysteries of Tunis -- Stealing Tunisia -- Holidays in the Sun -- Miracles -- Part Five. Prisoners of War -- Muslims in Prison.

From the leading British commentator on France, this is an absorbing, vivid, and monumental account of the tortured relationship between France and its ex-colonies, from the first days of Empire to the ongoing eruptions of violence in the Parisian suburbs

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