Lethal provocation : the Constantine murders and the politics of French Algeria / Joshua Cole.

Author/creator Cole, Joshua, 1961- author.
Format Book
PublicationIthaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Copyright Date©2019
Descriptionix, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Jews--Algeria. --Constantine. --History.
Riots--Algeria. --Constantine. --History. --20th century.
Ethnic conflict--Algeria. --Constantine. --History. --20th century.
Antisemitism--Algeria. --Constantine.
Constantine (Algeria)--Ethnic relations.
Constantine (Algeria)--History. --20th century.
France--Politics and government. --1914-1940.

Contents Constantine in North African history -- Native, Jewish, and European -- The crucible of local politics -- The postwar moment -- French Algeria's dual fracture -- Provocation, difference, and public space -- Rehearsals for crisis -- Friday and Saturday, August 3-4, 1934 -- Sunday, August 5, 1934 -- Shock and containment -- Empire of fright -- The police investigation -- The agitator -- The trials.
Abstract "Explores the most lethal episode of anti-Jewish violence to happen on French territory in peacetime in the twentieth century, a riot in Constantine, Algeria in 1934 in which 28 people died"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Cole, Joshua, 1961- Lethal provocation. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501739439
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018053417
ISBN9781501739415 (hardcover alkaline paper)
ISBN1501739417 (hardcover alkaline paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS135 .A3 C64 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold