A History of Algeria

A History of Algeria is a book by James McDougall and published in 2017 by Cambridge University Press. The work is an overview of the history of Algeria from the sixteenth century until 2016.

Structure

The work contains normal front material, including maps, followed by an introduction by the author, and seven main chapters:

Ecologies, Societies, Cultures and the State, 1516–1830
Conquest, Resistance and Accommodation, 1830–1911
The Means of Domination, 1830–1944
The Politics of Loyalty and Dissent, 1912–1942
Revolution and Civil War, 1942–1962
The Unfinished Revolution, 1962–1992
The Fragile and Resilient Country, 1992–2012

The work concludes with an afterword and bibliography.

Academic journal reviews

Cooper, Austin R. (2019). "Reviewed work: A HISTORY OF ALGERIA, James McDougall". The Arab Studies Journal. 27 (2): 146–150. JSTOR 27097967.
Ghilès, Francis (2017). "Argelia: El «polvo humano» ha resultado ser extraordinariamente resiliente". Revista Cidob d'Afers Internacionals (116): 248–250. doi:10.24241/rcai.2017.116.2.248. JSTOR 26379152.
Meynier, Gilbert; McDougall, James (2018). "Reviewed work: A History of Algeria, McDougallJames". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'Histoire (138): 217–218. JSTOR 26541545.
Perkins, Kenneth; McDougall, James (2018). "Reviewed work: A History of Algeria, McdougallJames". Review of Middle East Studies. 52 (1): 216–218. doi:10.1017/rms.2018.45. JSTOR 26478515. S2CID 187723320.
Spencer, Claire (2017). "Algeria's past reclaimed". The World Today. 73 (4): 48–49. JSTOR 45180931.

Publication history

Original paperback edition: 2017, Cambridge University Press.
eBook edition: 2017, Cambridge University Press.

About the author

James Robert 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.