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An Empire of Facts: Colonial Power, Cultural Knowledge, and Islam in Algeria, 1870–1914 - Critical Perspectives on Empire Trumbull IV, George R. (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire)
An Empire of Facts: Colonial Power, Cultural Knowledge, and Islam in Algeria, 1870–1914 - Critical Perspectives on Empire
Trumbull IV, George R. (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire)
A fascinating account of the formation of French conceptions of Islam in Algeria. George Trumbull places narratives by travellers, bureaucrats, scholars and writers at the heart of the production of colonial knowledge and misconceptions about Islam that determined the imperial cultural politics of Algeria and its interactions with republican France.
328 pages, 18 b/w illus. 1 map
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 19, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521516549 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 170 × 230 × 20 mm · 644 g |
| Language | English |