{"product_id":"electric-news-in-colonial-algeria-9780198844044","title":"Electric News in Colonial Algeria","description":"How do the things which connect us also serve to divide us? \u003cem\u003eElectric News in Colonial Algeria\u003c\/em\u003e traces how news circulated in a particularly divided society: Algeria under French rule in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It tells a different history of globalization, one which\u003cbr\u003eputs the experience of everyday people at the centre. The years between 1881 and 1940 were those of maximum colonial power in North Africa; a period of intense technological revolution, global high imperialism, and the expansion of settler colonialism. Algerians became connected to international\u003cbr\u003enetworks of news, and local people followed distant events with great interest. But once news reached Algeria, accounts of recent events often provoked conflict as they moved between different social groups. In a society split between its native majority and a substantial settler minority, distant\u003cbr\u003ewars led to riots. Circulation and polarisation were two sides of the same coin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining a range of sources in multiple languages across colonial society, \u003cem\u003eElectric News in Colonial Algeria\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new understanding of the spread of news. News was a whole ecosystem in which new technologies such as the printing press, telegraph, cinema, and radio interacted with older media\u003cbr\u003elike songs, rumours, letters, and manuscripts. The French government watched anxiously over these developments, monitoring Algerians' reactions to news through an extensive network of surveillance that often ended up spreading news rather than controlling its flow. By tracking what different people\u003cbr\u003ethought of as news, this history helps us reconsider the relationship between time, media, and historical change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Asseraf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198844044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur Asseraf, \u003cem\u003eLecturer in the history of France and the Francophone World, University of Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArthur Asseraf is a historian of North Africa, France, and the Mediterranean. Born and raised in Paris, he was Examination Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, before joining the History Faculty at Cambridge. His research focuses on global histories of colonialism, race, and information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932118892659,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":93.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_444a0c2a-a8c7-453d-8e08-c8771afe85be.jpg?v=1647790554","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/electric-news-in-colonial-algeria-9780198844044","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}