War in the Mountains: Peasant Society and Counterinsurgency in Algeria, 1918-1958

by Neil MacMaster

The role of the peasantry during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) has long been neglected by historians, in part because they have been viewed as a 'primitive' mass devoid of political consciousness. War in the Mountains: Peasant Society and Counterinsurgency in Algeria, 1918-1958 challenges this conventional understanding by tracing the ability of the peasant community to sustain an autonomous political culture through family, clan, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198860218
• ISBN13: 9780198860211
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"