Markets of Civilization
Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria
1st Edition
Published on 8. August 2022
288 pages
978-1-4780-2310-4 (ISBN)
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Muriam Haleh Davis provides a history of racial capitalism, showing how Islam became a racial category that shaped economic development in colonial and postcolonial Algeria.
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Muriam Haleh Davis is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and coeditor of North Africa and the Making of Europe: Governance, Institutions, and Culture.
Content
Acronyms ix
Transliteration Note xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. Settling the Colony 19
2. A New Algeria Rising 43
3. Decolonization and the Constantine Plan 69
4. Fellahs into Peasants 96
5. Communism in a White Burnous 119
6. Today's Utopia Is Tomorrow's Reality 144
Epilogue 167
Notes 177
Bibliography 227
Index 259
Transliteration Note xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. Settling the Colony 19
2. A New Algeria Rising 43
3. Decolonization and the Constantine Plan 69
4. Fellahs into Peasants 96
5. Communism in a White Burnous 119
6. Today's Utopia Is Tomorrow's Reality 144
Epilogue 167
Notes 177
Bibliography 227
Index 259
