History's place : nostalgia and the city in French Algerian literature / Seth Graebner.

History's Place explores nostalgia as one of the defining aspects of the relationship between France and North Africa. Dr. Seth Graebner argues that France's most important colony developed a historical consciousness through literature, and that post-colonial writers revised it while retai...

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Main Author: Graebner, Seth, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2007.
Series:After the empire.
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Summary:History's Place explores nostalgia as one of the defining aspects of the relationship between France and North Africa. Dr. Seth Graebner argues that France's most important colony developed a historical consciousness through literature, and that post-colonial writers revised it while retaining its dominant effect.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 346 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index.
ISBN:9780739155974
0739155970
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized