Empire and Catastrophe

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dc.contributor.authorSegalla, Dr. Spencer
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-02T19:44:26Z
dc.date.available2020-10-02T19:44:26Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionPlease click on the link above to view the book.
dc.description.abstract"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."en_US
dc.description.sponsorship0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAndrew W. Mellon Foundation
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5250/9781496219633
dc.identifier.isbn9781496219633
dc.identifier.isbn9781496222145
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/1038
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37329
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Nebraska Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFrance Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Studiesen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Historyen_US
dc.subjectNatural Disasteren_US
dc.subjectAlgeriaen_US
dc.subjectMoroccoen_US
dc.subjectFranceen_US
dc.subjectAnthropogenic Disasteren_US
dc.subjectFrench Empireen_US
dc.subjectFrench Historyen_US
dc.subjectFrench Imperialismen_US
dc.subjectColonyen_US
dc.subjectEarthquakeen_US
dc.subjectChelif Valleyen_US
dc.subjectAlgerian Revolutionen_US
dc.subjectMass Poisoningen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Military Baseen_US
dc.subjectToxic chemicalsen_US
dc.subjectMalpasset Damen_US
dc.subjectFrejusen_US
dc.subjectAlgerian Immigrantsen_US
dc.subjectAdagiren_US
dc.subjectPublic Relationsen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectSoviet Unionen_US
dc.subjectUrban Planningen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Disasteren_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Historyen_US
dc.subjectColonial Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters
dc.subject.otherHistory;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
dc.titleEmpire and Catastropheen_US
dc.title.alternativeDecolonization and Environmental Disaster in North Africa and Mediterranean France since 1954en_US
dc.typeBooken_US

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