Paris 1961 [[electronic resource] ] : Algerians, state terror, and memory / / Jim House and Neil MacMaster

• Autore: House Jim
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Disciplina: 944/.3610836
• Soggetto topico: Algerians - France - Paris - History; Riots - France - Paris - History; Police misconduct - France - Paris
• Soggetto geografico: Paris (France) Ethnic relations; Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962 Atrocities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MacMasterNeil <1945->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Paris 1961
• ISBN: 1-280-96519-3; 0-19-151434-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450887003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II