Imperial Identities: Stereotyping, Prejudice and Race in Colonial Algeria

Part 1 Algeria 1830-1870: the conquest - Kabyles and Arabs in warfare security and reconnaissance - the elaboration and confirmation of categories, Islam and society the Royaume Arabe (1860-1870). Part 2 Social sciences and military men: the ecole polytechnique, Saint Simoniansim and the army race and scholarship in Algeria - the impact of the military scholarly societies in France - the Kabyle myth as a racial paradigm. Part 3 Algeria 1871-1900 - the eclipse of the Kabyle myth: civilian rule Algeria, the melting pot of the Mediterranean - the impact of Louis Bertrand. Part 4 The legacy: persistent stereotypes and resultant policies. Part 5 Conclusion.