The civilizing mission in the metropole : Algerian families and the French welfare state during decolonization / Amelia H. Lyons.

Author: Lyons, Amelia H. author.

ImprintStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]

Descriptionxiii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:Civilizing "French Muslims from Algeria" -- Instructing the experts : framing the metropolitan "conquest of hearts" -- Instructing a "difficult and delicate clientele" : the social services mission -- From dormitories to homes : housing workers and families during the Fourth Republic -- Services and surveillance : welfare, the police, and the Algerian War -- The great "hope" : housing Algerian families at the height of the Algerian War.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.

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