Architecture of Counterrevolution: The French Army in Northern Algeria

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The Algerian Revolution (1954–1962), the war to achieve independence from the French colonization that started in 1830, was once particularly hard fought. The usage of each and every weapon in its arsenal, the French government and army altered Algeria’s very infrastructure in its intention to handle colonial rule. Architecture of Counterrevolution turns to this lesser known facet of war, giving a vivid account of architectural strategies conceived of and executed by the French civil and military authorities to prolong its colonial presence in Algeria, defend its politico-economic interests in Algeria, and oversee the Algerian Revolution and populations. This book makes a speciality of the politics of three interrelated spatial counterrevolutionary measures: the massive forced resettlement of Algerian farmers; the mass-housing programs designed for the Algerian population as a part of General Charles de Gaulle’s Plan de Constantine; and the fortified administrative new town planned for the security of the French authorities all the way through the last months of the Algerian Revolution.

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