Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa /

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"From 1830, the Roman ruins of North Africa intrigued invading French military officers and became key to the colonial narrative justifying French settlement of North Africa"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Effros, Bonnie, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1800-1962
Archaeology > Political aspects > Algeria > History > 19th century.
Archaeology > Political aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Archaeology and state > France > History > 19th century.
Archéologie > Aspect politique > Algérie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Archéologie > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Archéologie > Politique gouvernementale > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Archaeology and state.
Archaeology > Political aspects.
Armed Forces > Operations other than war.
Classical antiquities.
France > Armed Forces > Algeria > Operations other than war > History > 19th century.
Algeria > Antiquities, Roman.
Algeria > History > 1830-1962.
Algeria.
France.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Knowing and controlling : early archaeological exploration in the Algerian colony
  • Envisioning the future : French generals' use of ancient Rome in the 1840s
  • The view from ancient Lambaesis
  • Institutionalizing Algerian archaeology
  • Cartography and field archaeology during the Second Empire
  • Epilogue : classical archaeology in Algeria after 1870.

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