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Summary:

"From 1830, the Roman ruins of North Africa intrigued invading French military officers and became key to the colonial narrative justifying French settlement of North Africa"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Knowing and controlling : early archaeological exploration in the Algerian colony
• Envisioning the future : French generals' use of ancient Rome in the 1840s
• The view from ancient Lambaesis
• Institutionalizing Algerian archaeology
• Cartography and field archaeology during the Second Empire
• Epilogue : classical archaeology in Algeria after 1870.

Author/Creator:

Effros, Bonnie, 1965- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Incidental archaeologists: French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa [by Effros, B.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Incidental archaeologists [by Effros, B.] (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 — ISBN 9781501702105; LCCN 2017048068)

Subjects:

Archaeology — Political aspects — Algeria — History — 19th century

Archaeology — Political aspects — France — History — 19th century

Archaeology and state — France — History — 19th century

France — Armed Forces — Algeria — Operations other than war — History — 19th century

Algeria — Antiquities, Roman

Algeria — History — 1830-1962

History

history (discipline)

Archaeology and state

Archaeology — Political aspects

Armed Forces — Operations other than war

Classical antiquities

Algeria

France

1800-1962

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2018).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages)

Call Numbers:

CC101.A4 E34 2018eb

ISBNs:

9781501718540 (electronic bk.)
1501718541 (electronic bk.)
9781501718533 [Invalid]
1501718533 [Invalid]
9781501702105 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017051402

OCLC Numbers:

1008770896