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Uprooting: The Crisis of Traditional Algriculture in Algeria
Pierre Bourdieu
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Description for Uprooting: The Crisis of Traditional Algriculture in Algeria
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Between 1954 and 1960, in the midst of the Algerian War, more than two million Algerian peasants – a quarter of the population – were forcibly resettled. They were removed from their homes and villages and relocated in camps controlled by the French military in what was one of the largest and most brutal displacements of a rural population in history.
It was in this context of colonial violence that Pierre Bourdieu and Abdelmalek Sayad set out to examine transformations in the fundamental structures of peasant economy and thought. By destroying the spatial and temporal frameworks of ordinary existence and ... Read more
Between 1954 and 1960, in the midst of the Algerian War, more than two million Algerian peasants – a quarter of the population – were forcibly resettled. They were removed from their homes and villages and relocated in camps controlled by the French military in what was one of the largest and most brutal displacements of a rural population in history.
It was in this context of colonial violence that Pierre Bourdieu and Abdelmalek Sayad set out to examine transformations in the fundamental structures of peasant economy and thought. By destroying the spatial and temporal frameworks of ordinary existence and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745623542
SKU
V9780745623542
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About Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) was one of the most influential sociologists and anthropologists of the twentieth century. He was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France and Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Abdelmalek Sayad (1933-1998) was an Algerian Sociologist and Director of Research at the CNRS and the École des hautes études en sciences ... Read more
Reviews for Uprooting: The Crisis of Traditional Algriculture in Algeria
“Uprooting is at once a stunning document on colonial conflagration and a pioneering analysis of its distinctive rationale that will enrich the rapidly growing scholarship on empires, colonies and postcolonies.” Loïc Wacquant, University of California, Berkeley “A classic text that is as relevant today as it was almost 60 years ago. As such, it provides a critical contribution to ... Read more