Empire and Catastrophe: Decolonization and Environmental Disaster in North Africa and Mediterranean France Since 1954

by Spencer D Segalla and Spencer D. Segalla

Book Overview

Empire and Catastrophe examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France and explores how 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 Ch lif Valley, just weeks before the onset of the Algerian Revolution; a mass poisoning in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496237730
• ISBN13: 9781496237736
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"