Title Paris 1961 : Algerians, state terror, and memory / Jim House and Neil MacMaster

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 375 pages) : illustrations, map Series OUP E-Books Contents Papon and the colonial origins of police violence -- The FLN counter-state and police repression, 1958-1961 -- The police crisis and terror, July to 16 October 1961 -- The demonstrations of 17 to 20 October 1961 -- The political crisis, 18 October to 1 December 1961 -- Counting the victims and identifying the killers -- Contesting colonial repression, 1945-1961 -- Fragmented reactions to state violence, September-November 1961 -- The marginalization of 17 October 1961 (1961-1968) -- 'Underground' memories, 1962-1979 -- Emergent memories, 1980-1997? -- Ever-present memories? Summary For decades knowledge of the 1961 massacre of Algerian demonstrators by the Paris police was suppressed. This study investigates the roots of this violence within the colonial system and how the event was covered up until it resurfaced after the 1980s to become one of the most controversial issues in contemporary French politics. - ;The massacre of Algerian demonstrators by the Paris police on the night of 17 October 1961 is one of the most contested events in contemporary French history. This book provides a multi-layered investigation of the repression through a critical examination of newly Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī -- History SUBJECT Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī fast Subject Algerians -- France -- Paris -- History Riots -- France -- Paris -- History Police misconduct -- France -- Paris Algerians Atrocities Ethnic relations Police misconduct Riots Algerijnen. Demonstraties. Politie. Geweld. Politieke onderdrukking. Minderheden. Collectief geheugen. SUBJECT Paris (France) -- Ethnic relations Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Atrocities Subject Algeria France -- Paris Frankrijk. Parijs. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author MacMaster, Neil, 1945- ISBN 9780191514340 0191514349 1280965193 9781280965197 9786610965199 6610965196

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