Modern Algeria, Second Edition The Origins and Development of a Nation [Paperback]

Praise for the first edition:

[E]ssential reading for Maghreb specialists as well as for anyone interested in issues of nation-building and political culture in Africa. Africa Today

[T]he best and most comprehensive history of modern Algeria in English. Digest of Middle East Studies

[A] thoughtful and much-needed introductory historical analysis of Algeria. Choice

The second edition of Modern Algeria brings readers up to date with the outcome of the 2004 Algerian elections. Providing thorough coverage of the 1990s and the end of the Algerian Civil War, it addresses issues such as secularist struggles against fundamentalist Islam, ethnic and regional distinctions, gender, language, the evolution of popular culture, and political and economic relationships with France and the expatriate community. Updated information on resources enhances the usefulness of this popular textbook that has become a standard in the field.

List of Maps
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition

1. Introduction
2. Ottoman Algeria and Its Legacy
3. Invasion, Resistance, and Colonization, 18301871
4. The Colonial System and the Transformation of Algerian Society, 18711919
5. The Algerian Nationalist Movement, 19191954
6. The War of Independence, 19541962
7. The Challenges of Independence, 19621978
8. The Bendjedid YearsReadjustment and Crisis
9. Insurgency and the Pursuit of Democracy

AppendixPlace Names
Bibliographical Essay
Bibliography
Index

Like Henri Pirenne in his search for the origins of the Belgian nation, Ruedy, in his introductory chapter, digs deeply into the North African past, struggling to identify the first germination of an Algerian nation, even though the name itselfAlgerie, coined by the French philosophe, Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle in the early eighteenth centurydid not become official until made so by French RoylCñ