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Author Segalla, Spencer D., author.

Title Empire and catastrophe : decolonization and environmental disaster in North Africa and Mediterranean France since 1954 / Spencer D. Segalla.

Publication Info. [Lincoln, Nebraska?] : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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 Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series France overseas
France overseas.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280).
Note PDF (JSTOR, viewed May 5, 2020).
Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Algeria, 1954 Chapter 3. Fréjus 1959, under Water and at War Chapter 4. Poison, Paralysis, and the United States in Morocco, 1959 Chapter 5. Death, Diplomacy, and Reconstruction in Agadir, 1960 Chapter 6. The Soul of a City Chapter 7. Rupture, Nostalgia, and Representation Chapter 8. Conclusion: Humanity and Environment Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.
Summary "Empire and Catastrophe examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France, and explores how environmental catastrophes impacted the dissolution of France's empire in North Africa"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Decolonization -- Algeria.
Decolonization -- Morocco.
Decolonization -- France, Southern.
Earthquakes -- Algeria.
Earthquakes -- Morocco -- Agadir.
Poisoning -- Morocco.
Dams -- Accidents -- France -- Fréjus.
Dam failures -- France -- Fréjus.
Décolonisation -- Algérie.
Décolonisation -- Maroc.
Tremblements de terre -- Algérie.
Tremblements de terre -- Maroc -- Agadir.
Barrages -- Rupture -- France -- Frejus.
HISTORY -- Africa -- North.
Dams -- Accidents
Decolonization
Earthquakes
Poisoning
Algeria https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRpBFrVykKjXQhKGYcGB
France -- Fréjus
Morocco https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRqtjpFY3h4v69ctP7xc
Morocco -- Agadir https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRFfxgWrc4VFRFkH9QWc
Southern France
ISBN 9781496222152 (electronic bk.)
1496222156 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000067131657
AU@ 000074658963

 
    
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