History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria

History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria is a book by James McDougall published originally by Cambridge University Press in 2006. It is part of the Cambridge Middle East Studies Series (Number 24). The book is an analysis of how the Algerian nationalist narrative was created and developed in popular memory. The author pays particular attention to the role the Association of Muslim Scholars and Ahmad Tawfiq al-Madani played in the development of the nationalist narrative.[1][2]

History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria
AuthorJames McDougall
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory of Algeria
GenreNon-fiction, history
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date
2006
Pages284 (Hardback, illustrated edition)
ISBN978-0521843737
WebsiteCambridge University Press

Structure edit

The work contains normal front material, a preface, an essay titled The Language of History, and a prologue centered on Tunis in 1899. This is followed by five main essays:

  1. The margins of a world in fragments
  2. The conquest conquered?
  3. The doctors of new religion
  4. Saint cults and ancestors
  5. Arabs and Berbers?

It concludes with an epliogue centered on Algiers in 2001, an essay entitled The invention of authenticity, and a bibliography.[3]

Academic journal reviews edit

  • Branche, Raphaëlle (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'Histoire (93): 245–246. JSTOR 4619271.
  • Choueiri, Youssef (2008). "Discourses of Algerian Nationalism". The Journal of African History. 49 (2): 338–339. doi:10.1017/S0021853708003897. JSTOR 40206664. S2CID 162412237.
  • Christelow, Allan (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". The American Historical Review. 112 (2): 624–625. JSTOR 4136787.
  • Henry, Clement M. (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". Middle East Journal. 61 (1): 151–152. JSTOR 4330362.
  • Naylor, Phillip C. (2008). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 40 (2): 329–332. doi:10.1017/S0020743808080653. JSTOR 30069624. S2CID 161425552.
  • Rahal, Malika (2008). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 63 (3): 710–712. doi:10.1017/S0395264900023714. JSTOR 40376703. S2CID 164968538.
  • Webb, Edward (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, JAMES MCDOUGALL". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 41 (2): 208–209. doi:10.1017/S0026318400050793. JSTOR 23063340. S2CID 164702918.
  • Wien, Peter (2008). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". Social History. 33 (3): 340–342. JSTOR 25594265.

Publication history edit

  • Original edition: 2006, Cambridge University Press.[4]

About the author edit

James McDougall (born 1974) is a British historian. He is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Oxford and Laithwaite Fellow in History at Trinity College, Oxford.[5]

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Citations edit

  1. ^ Christelow, Allan (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, James McDougall". The American Historical Review. 112 (2): 624–625. JSTOR 4136787.
  2. ^ James, Mcdougall; Branche, Raphaëlle (2007). "Reviewed work: History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'Histoire (93): 245–246. JSTOR 4619271.
  3. ^ "History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria", Cambridge University Press, retrieved 5 August 2023
  4. ^ McDougall, J. (2009). History and the culture of nationalism in Algeria. Cambridge Middle East studies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-10367-1.
  5. ^ "James McDougall, Trinity College". Trinity College, Oxford. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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