LEADER 03833oam 22005774a 450 001 9910393959503321 005 20210915045839.0 010 $a1-4962-2215-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000011247527 035 $a(OCoLC)1155484788 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse85534 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011247527 100 $a20200522d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmpire and Catastrophe$eDecolonization and Environmental Disaster in North Africa and Mediterranean France since 1954 /$fSpencer D. Segalla 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2020 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (1 EPUB unpaged) : $cmaps 225 0 $aFrance overseas: studies in empire and decolonization 300 $a"This book published as part of the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot." 311 $a1-4962-2213-X 311 $a1-4962-1963-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-280). 330 $aEmpire and Catastrophe examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France, and explores the ways in which environmental catastrophes both shaped and were shaped by struggles over the dissolution of France's empire in North Africa. Four disasters make up the core of the book: the 1954 earthquake in Algeria's Chelif Valley, just weeks before the onset of the Algerian Revolution; a mass poisoning in Morocco in 1959 caused by toxic substances from an American military base; the 1959 Malpasset dam collapse in Frejus, France, which devastated the Algerian immigrant community in the town but which was blamed on Algerian sabotage; and the 1960 earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, which set off a public relations war between the United States, France, and the Soviet Union, and which ignited a Moroccan national debate over modernity, identity, architecture, and urban planning. Empire and Catastrophe is the first book-length study of environmental disasters during the decolonization of the French empire. Interrogating distinctions between agent and environment and between political and environmental violence, through the lenses of state archives and through the remembered experiences and literary representations of disaster survivors, this book argues for the integration of environmental events into narratives of political and cultural decolonization. Empire and Catastrophe will be sought after by environmental historians and North Africa area studies specialists as well as historians of France and French imperialism. Written in engaging prose, the book will appeal to the broader public's interest in natural disasters, and will become required reading for undergraduates in courses on natural disasters in world history. 410 0$aFrance overseas. 606 $aEnvironmental disasters$xPoltiical aspects$zFrance 606 $aEnvironmental disasters$xPoltiical aspects$zMorocco 606 $aEnvironmental disasters$xPoltiical aspects$zAlgeria 606 $aImperialism$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aDecolonization$zMorocco 606 $aDecolonization$zAlgeria 607 $aFrance$xColonies$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnvironmental disasters$xPoltiical aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental disasters$xPoltiical aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental disasters$xPoltiical aspects 615 0$aImperialism$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aDecolonization 615 0$aDecolonization 676 $a325.344 700 $aSegalla$b Spencer D.$0862403 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910393959503321 996 $aEmpire and Catastrophe$91925098 997 $aUNINA