History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria

History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria

Author	James McDougall
Language	English
Subject	History of Algeria
Genre	Non-fiction, history
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publication date	2006
Pages	284 (Hardback, illustrated edition)
ISBN	978-0521843737
Website	Cambridge University Press

History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria is a book by James McDougall published originally by Cambridge University Press in 2006. It is part of the Cambridge Middle East Studies Series (Number 24). The book is an analysis of how the Algerian nationalist narrative was created and developed in popular memory. The author pays particular attention to the role the Association of Muslim Scholars and Ahmad Tawfiq al-Madani played in the development of the nationalist narrative. ^{[1] [2]}

Structure

The work contains normal front material, a preface, an essay titled The Language of History, and a prologue centered on Tunis in 1899. This is followed by five main essays:

1. The margins of a world in fragments
2. The conquest conquered?
3. The doctors of new religion
4. Saint cults and ancestors
5. Arabs and Berbers?

It concludes with an epilogue centered on Algiers in 2001, an essay entitled The invention of authenticity, and a bibliography. ^[3]

Academic journal reviews

• Branche, Raphaëlle (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'Histoire (93): 245–246. JSTOR   4619271.
• Choueiri, Youssef (2008). "Discourses of Algerian Nationalism". The Journal of African History. 49 (2): 338–339. doi:10.1017/S0021853708003897. JSTOR   40206664. S2CID   162412237.
• Christelow, Allan (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". The American Historical Review. 112 (2): 624–625. JSTOR   4136787.
• Henry, Clement M. (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". Middle East Journal. 61 (1): 151–152. JSTOR   4330362.
• Naylor, Phillip C. (2008). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 40 (2): 329–332. doi:10.1017/S0020743808080653. JSTOR   30069624. S2CID   161425552.
• Rahal, Malika (2008). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 63 (3): 710–712. doi:10.1017/S0395264900023714. JSTOR   40376703. S2CID   164968538.
• Webb, Edward (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, JAMES MCDOUGALL". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 41 (2): 208–209. doi:10.1017/S0026318400050793. JSTOR   23063340. S2CID   164702918.
• Wien, Peter (2008). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". Social History. 33 (3): 340–342. JSTOR   25594265.

Publication history

• Original edition: 2006, Cambridge University Press. ^[4]

About the author

Main article: James McDougall (academic)

James Robert McDougall FRHistS ^[5] (born 1974) is a British historian. He is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Oxford and Laithwaite Fellow in History at Trinity College, Oxford . ^[6]

Similar or related works

• A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne
• A History of Algeria by James McDougall

See also

• History of Algeria (1962–99)
• 1962 Algerian crisis
• History of French foreign relations

References

Citations

1. Christelow, Allan (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". The American Historical Review. 112 (2): 624–625. JSTOR   4136787.
2. James, Mcdougall; Branche, Raphaëlle (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'Histoire (93): 245–246. JSTOR   4619271.
3. "History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria", Cambridge University Press, retrieved 5 August 2023
4. McDougall, J. (2009). History and the culture of nationalism in Algeria. Cambridge Middle East studies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-10367-1.
5. "List of Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
6. "James McDougall, Trinity College". Trinity College, Oxford . Retrieved 25 November 2018.

External links

• "History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria", Cambridge University Press, retrieved 5 August 2023
• McDougall, J. (2006), "History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria", Google Books, Cambridge University Press, ISBN   978-0-521-84373-7