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Empire and catastrophe : decolonization and environmental disaster in North Africa and Mediterranean France since 1954 /

"Empire and Catastrophe examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France, and explores how environmental catastrophes impacted the dissolution of France's empire in North Africa"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Segalla, Spencer D. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Lincoln, Nebraska?] : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Collection:France overseas.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Algeria, 1954 Chapter 3. Fréjus 1959, under Water and at War Chapter 4. Poison, Paralysis, and the United States in Morocco, 1959 Chapter 5. Death, Diplomacy, and Reconstruction in Agadir, 1960 Chapter 6. The Soul of a City Chapter 7. Rupture, Nostalgia, and Representation Chapter 8. Conclusion: Humanity and Environment Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.