Machine derived contents note: Tables -- Maps and figures -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Theoretical foundations: settler colonialism and colonial urbanism -- Part I. From Precolonial Annaba to Colonial Bn̥e, 1830-1870: 2. Annaba on the eve of the French conquest -- 3. Bn̥e during the first decades of French rule, 1830-1870 -- Part II. Bn̥e: The Formation of a Settler Colonial City, 1870-1920: 4. The urban economy and the regional setting -- 5. The people of Bn̥e -- 6. Patronage, corruption, and the 'Boss' of Bn̥e: Je;rome Bertagna -- 7. The creation of a colonial culture -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources and bibliography -- Index
