Effros, Bonnie,  1965- <br/><br/>
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) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501718540 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017051402 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Archaeology--Political aspects--History--Algeria--19th century.<br/>Archaeology--Political aspects--History--France--19th century.<br/>Archaeology and state--History--France--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CC101  / .I535 2018