Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa /
Effros, Bonnie, 1965-
Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa / Bonnie Effros. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501718540
2017051402
Archaeology--Political aspects--History--Algeria--19th century.
Archaeology--Political aspects--History--France--19th century.
Archaeology and state--History--France--19th century.
Electronic Books.
CC101 / .I535 2018
Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa / Bonnie Effros. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501718540
2017051402
Archaeology--Political aspects--History--Algeria--19th century.
Archaeology--Political aspects--History--France--19th century.
Archaeology and state--History--France--19th century.
Electronic Books.
CC101 / .I535 2018