Law, Order, and Empire: Policing and Crime in Colonial Algeria, 1870-1954

by Samuel Kalman

While much attention has focused on society, culture, and the military during the Algerian War of Independence, Law, Order, and Empire addresses a vital component of the empire that has been overlooked: policing. Samuel Kalman examines a critical component of the construction and maintenance of a racial state by settlers in Algeria from 1870 onward, in which Arabs and Berbers were subjected to an ongoing campaign of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501774042
• ISBN13: 9781501774041
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"