Lethal provocation : the Constantine murders and the politics of French Algeria

Lethal provocation : the Constantine murders and the politics of French Algeria / Joshua Cole.

Author/creator	Cole, Joshua, 1961- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice	©2019
Description	ix, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Jews--Algeria --Constantine --History. Riots--Algeria --Constantine --History --20th century. Ethnic conflict--Algeria --Constantine --History --20th century. Antisemitism--Algeria --Constantine. Constantine (Algeria)--Ethnic relations. Constantine (Algeria)--History --20th century. France--Politics and government --1914-1940.

Contents	Constantine in North African history -- Native, Jewish, and European -- The crucible of local politics -- The postwar moment -- French Algeria's dual fracture -- Provocation, difference, and public space -- Rehearsals for crisis -- Friday and Saturday, August 3-4, 1934 -- Sunday, August 5, 1934 -- Shock and containment -- Empire of fright -- The police investigation -- The agitator -- The trials.
Abstract	"Explores the most lethal episode of anti-Jewish violence to happen on French territory in peacetime in the twentieth century, a riot in Constantine, Algeria in 1934 in which 28 people died"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Cole, Joshua, 1961- Lethal provocation. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501739439
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2018053417
ISBN	9781501739415 (hardcover alkaline paper)
ISBN	1501739417 (hardcover alkaline paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS135 .A3 C64 2019	✔ Available	Place Hold