Divided rule : sovereignty and empire in French Tunisia, 1881-1938 / / Mary Dewhurst Lewis

• Autore: Lewis Mary Dewhurst
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 961.104
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Africa / General
• Soggetto geografico: Tunisia History French occupation, 1881-1956; Tunisia Politics and government 1881-1956; France Colonies Africa, North History
• Soggetto non controllato: 19th century history; 19th century world history; archival research; christian; christianity; civil rights; colonial authority; colonial tunisia; colonialism; diplomacy; empire; european colonialism; european powers; france; french colonialism; french; governmental powers; history; imperial rival; imperialism; internatonal power politics; islam; jewish; judaism; mediterranean; muslim; nationalist movement; north africa; political reforms; political; power structures; powerful backlash; resistance; sovereignty; tunisia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Tunisia in the Imperial Mediterranean -- Ending extraterritoriality? -- The politics of protection -- Contested terrain : redefining sovereignty in twentieth-century Tunisia -- Over our dead bodies : burial rites and sovereignty in 1930s Tunisia -- Conclusion and epilogue : from co-sovereignty to independence.
• Sommario/riassunto: After invading Tunisia in 1881, the French installed a protectorate in which they shared power with the Tunisian ruling dynasty and, due to the dynasty's treaties with other European powers, with some of their imperial rivals. This "indirect" form of colonization was intended to prevent the violent clashes marking France's outright annexation of neighboring Algeria. But as Mary Dewhurst Lewis shows in Divided Rule, France's method of governance in Tunisia actually created a whole new set of conflicts. In one of the most dynamic crossroads of the Mediterranean world, residents of Tunisia- whether Muslim, Jewish, or Christian-navigated through the competing power structures to further their civil rights and individual interests and often thwarted the aims of the French state in the process. Over time, these everyday challenges to colonial authority led France to institute reforms that slowly undermined Tunisian sovereignty and replaced it with a more heavy-handed form of rule-a move also intended to ward off France's European rivals, who still sought influence in Tunisia. In so doing, the French inadvertently encouraged a powerful backlash with major historical consequences, as Tunisians developed one of the earliest and most successful nationalist movements in the French empire. Based on archival research in four countries, Lewis uncovers important links between international power politics and everyday matters of rights, identity, and resistance to colonial authority, while re-interpreting the whole arc of French rule in Tunisia from the 1880's to the mid-20th century. Scholars, students, and anyone interested in the history of politics and rights in North Africa, or in the nature of imperialism more generally, will gain a deeper understanding of these issues from this sophisticated study of colonial Tunisia.
• Titolo autorizzato: Divided rule
• ISBN: 0-520-95714-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814090003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II