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The invention of decolonization : the Algerian War and the remaking of France / Todd Shepard.

Author: Shepard, Todd, 1969-

Imprint:Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.

Descriptionxv, 288 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Note:Muslim French citizens from Algeria : a short history -- Inventing decolonization -- The "tide of history" versus the laws of the republic -- Forgetting French Algeria -- Making Algerians -- Repatriation rather than aliyah : the Jews of France and the end of French Algeria -- Veiled "Muslim" women, violent pied noir men, and the family of France : gender, sexuality, and ethnic difference -- Repatriating the Europeans -- Rejecting the Muslims -- The post-Algerian republic -- Conclusion : forgetting Algerian France.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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Shepard, Todd, 1969-
Subject:
Decolonization -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Decolonization -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century.
Repatriation -- France -- History -- 20th century.
National characteristics, French.
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Influence.
France -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Algeria -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
France -- Civilization -- 1945-