Empire and Catastrophe
"Empire and Catastrophe examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France, and explores the ways in which environmental catastrophes both shaped and were shaped by struggles over the dissolution of France’s empire in North Africa. Four di...
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| author | Segalla, Spencer |
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| description | "Empire and Catastrophe examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France, and explores the ways in which environmental catastrophes both shaped and were shaped by struggles over the dissolution of France’s empire in North Africa. Four disasters make up the core of the book: the 1954 earthquake in Algeria’s Chélif Valley, just weeks before the onset of the Algerian Revolution; a mass poisoning in Morocco in 1959 caused by toxic substances from an American military base; the 1959 Malpasset dam collapse in Fréjus, France, which devastated the Algerian immigrant community in the town but which was blamed on Algerian sabotage; and the 1960 earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, which set off a public relations war between the United States, France, and the Soviet Union, and which ignited a Moroccan national debate over modernity, identity, architecture, and urban planning.
Empire and Catastrophe is the first book-length study of environmental disasters during the decolonization of the French empire. Interrogating distinctions between agent and environment and between political and environmental violence, through the lenses of state archives and through the remembered experiences and literary representations of disaster survivors, this book argues for the integration of environmental events into narratives of political and cultural decolonization. Empire and Catastrophe will be sought after by environmental historians and North Africa area studies specialists as well as historians of France and French imperialism. Written in engaging prose, the book will appeal to the broader public’s interest in natural disasters, and will become required reading for undergraduates in courses on natural disasters in world history." |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-299932025-06-11T06:02:14Z Empire and Catastrophe Segalla, Spencer History;Africa;African Studies;African History;Natural Disaster;Algeria;Morocco;France;Anthropogenic Disaster;French Empire;French History;French Imperialism;Colony;Earthquake;Chelif Valley;Algerian Revolution;Mass Poisoning;American Military Base;Toxic Chemicals;Malpasset Dam;Frejus;Algerian Immigrants;Adagir;Public Relations;United States;Soviet Union;Urban Planning;Environmental Disaster;Environmental History;Colonial History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters "Empire and Catastrophe examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France, and explores the ways in which environmental catastrophes both shaped and were shaped by struggles over the dissolution of France’s empire in North Africa. Four disasters make up the core of the book: the 1954 earthquake in Algeria’s Chélif Valley, just weeks before the onset of the Algerian Revolution; a mass poisoning in Morocco in 1959 caused by toxic substances from an American military base; the 1959 Malpasset dam collapse in Fréjus, France, which devastated the Algerian immigrant community in the town but which was blamed on Algerian sabotage; and the 1960 earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, which set off a public relations war between the United States, France, and the Soviet Union, and which ignited a Moroccan national debate over modernity, identity, architecture, and urban planning. Empire and Catastrophe is the first book-length study of environmental disasters during the decolonization of the French empire. Interrogating distinctions between agent and environment and between political and environmental violence, through the lenses of state archives and through the remembered experiences and literary representations of disaster survivors, this book argues for the integration of environmental events into narratives of political and cultural decolonization. Empire and Catastrophe will be sought after by environmental historians and North Africa area studies specialists as well as historians of France and French imperialism. Written in engaging prose, the book will appeal to the broader public’s interest in natural disasters, and will become required reading for undergraduates in courses on natural disasters in world history." 2021-02-10T13:37:26Z 2021-02-10T13:37:26Z 2020-04-17T14:13:23Z 2020 book OCN: 1153263360 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37329 9781496219633 9781496222145 9781496222145 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29993 eng France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37329/4/9781496222152.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37329/4/9781496222152.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37329/4/9781496222152.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37329/4/9781496222152.pdf University of Nebraska Press 10.5250/9781496219633 10.5250/9781496219633 f165d09e-e16a-4862-9a82-7c5cfc75ad08 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1 9781496219633 9781496222145 9781496222145 Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP) 372 Nebraska open access |
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