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Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 14 List of Abbreviations 18 Introduction: The Cultural Origins of French Algeria 20 PART I. By the Sword 36 1. A Tale of Two Despots: The Invasion of Algeria and the Revolution of 1830 38 2. Empire of Merit: The July Monarchy and the Algerian War 86 3. The Blood of Brothers: Bonapartism and the Popular Culture of Conquest 144 PART II. By the Plow 194 4. The Empire of Virtue: Colonialism in the Age of Abolition 196 5. Selling Algeria: Speculation and the Colonial Landscape 227 6. Settling Algeria: Labor, Emigration, and Citizenship 283 Conclusion: Politics and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France 328 Selected Bibliography of Primary Sources 346 Index 376

Author

Jennifer E. Sessions

Published

2011

Language

EN