Algeria, 1830-2000: A Short History
by Benjamin Stora
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Author: Benjamin StoraTranslator: Jane Marie Todd
Foreword: William B. Quandt
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2001-04
ISBN: 0801437156
Number of pages: 283
Publisher: Cornell University Press
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Book Review: Less comprehensive than it should have been
Summary: 3 Stars
The cliche "never judge a book by its cover" is what I should have had in mind as soon as I noticed that by the time I finished reading the introduction, Chapter 1 immediately was set in 1954, when Algeria began its fight for independence as a French colony. Yes, you read that correctly: years 1830-1953 are covered in 27 pages. Apparently, Algeria didn't really exist before 1830, when France began conquering it, tossing the ruling Turks out on their turbans. And what happened after wasn't that important, either. That's not to say that (French) historian Benjamin Stora doesn't outline the causes behind the drive towards independence, he just seems more interested in giving us an idea on how Alegeria as it is today, a country broiled in the violence of a religio-political civil war, has come to be.
In this area the book is a fantastic study, but as intimated, ignoring the core of the Algerian people, customs and politics post conquor leaves much to be desired and is symptomatic of how modern historians are towards the formerly conquered.
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