Maps a fascinating and far-flung global frontier that Algerians have crossed over for centuries. This is not only a history of the modern and contemporary Algerian diaspora but also an instructive study of political, social, cultural, and economic encounters and negotiations that occur at the interstices of civilizations. Christelow contributes an impressive and erudite narrative that widens and enriches the corpus of modern Algerian historiography. Phillip C. Naylor, author of North Africa: A History from Antiquity to the Present
This account of Algeria through its migratory...
Maps a fascinating and far-flung global frontier that Algerians have crossed over for centuries. This is not only a history of the modern and cont...
Allan Christelow examines the Muslim courts of Algeria from 1854, when the French first intervened in Islamic legal matters, through the gradual subordination of the courts and judges that went on until World War I.
Originally published in 1985.
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Allan Christelow examines the Muslim courts of Algeria from 1854, when the French first intervened in Islamic legal matters, through the gradual su...
