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Author Effros, Bonnie, 1965- author.

Title Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the rediscovery of Roman North Africa / Bonnie Effros.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Note Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2018).
Subject Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Algeria -- History -- 19th century.
Archaeology -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Archaeology and state -- France -- History -- 19th century.
France -- Armed Forces -- Algeria -- Operations other than war -- History -- 19th century.
Algeria -- Antiquities, Roman.
Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
Archaeology and state
Archaeology -- Political aspects
Armed Forces -- Operations other than war
Classical antiquities
Algeria
France
Chronological Term 1800-1962
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History
Other Form: Print version: Effros, Bonnie, 1965- Incidental archaeologists. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501702105 (DLC) 2017048068
ISBN 9781501718540 (electronic bk.)
1501718541 (electronic bk.)
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