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020			_a9781496222138
020			_z149622213X
020			_z9781496219633
035			_a(OCoLC)1155484788
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050		4	_aJV1818 _b.S444 2020
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100	1		_aSegalla, Spencer D., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEmpire and Catastrophe _bDecolonization and Environmental Disaster in North Africa and Mediterranean France since 1954 / _cSpencer D. Segalla.
264		1	_bProject Muse,
264		3	_bProject MUSE,
300			_a1 online resource (1 EPUB unpaged) : _bmaps.
490	0		_aFrance overseas: studies in empire and decolonization
500			_a"This book published as part of the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot."
500			_aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-280).
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aEmpire 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 Chelif 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 Frejus, 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aEnvironmental disasters _xPoltiical aspects _zFrance.
650		0	_aEnvironmental disasters _xPoltiical aspects _zMorocco.
650		0	_aEnvironmental disasters _xPoltiical aspects _zAlgeria.
650		0	_aImperialism _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aDecolonization _zMorocco.
650		0	_aDecolonization _zAlgeria.
651		0	_aFrance _xColonies _xHistory.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	1	8	_iPrint version: _z9781496219633
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aFrance overseas.
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/75384/
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