Introduction -- Fighting for the empire -- Remaking the post-war colonial order -- Social claims in the shadow of the fallen -- Communal contributions and racial hierarchies -- 'They have rights over us': Algeria's veteran activists -- Pensions, posts, and petitions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Over the course of the First World War, a quarter of million settlers and subjects from the French colony of Algeria crossed the Mediterranean to fight with in the forces of the Empire - a mass mobilization which transformed politics in the colony, as well as the social and economic demands of Algeria's citizens
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource, title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed June 3, 2020)
