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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821671003321

Autore

House Jim

Titolo

Paris 1961 : Algerians, state terror, and memory / / Jim House and Neil MacMaster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-383-03853-8

1-280-96519-3

0-19-151434-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 375 pages) : illustrations, map

Altri autori (Persone)

MacMasterNeil <1945->

Disciplina

944/.3610836

Soggetti

Algerians - France - Paris - History

Riots - France - Paris - History

Police misconduct - France - Paris

Paris (France) Ethnic relations

Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962 Atrocities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Abbreviations; General Introduction; I. COLONIAL VIOLENCE AND STATE TERROR; II. REVISITING OCTOBER AND THE AFTERLIVES OF MEMORY; Guide to Research Sources and Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For decades knowledge of the 1961 massacre of Algerian demonstrators by the Paris police was suppressed. This study investigates the roots of this violence within the colonial system and how the event was covered up until it resurfaced after the 1980's to become one of the most controversial issues in contemporary French politics. - ;The massacre of Algerian demonstrators by the Paris police on the night of 17 October 1961 is one of the most contested events in contemporary French history. This book provides a multi-layered investigation of the repression through a critical examination of newly