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



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Autore: Lewis Mary Dewhurst Visualizza persona
Titolo: Divided rule : sovereignty and empire in French Tunisia, 1881-1938 / / Mary Dewhurst Lewis Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95714-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814090003321
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