Markets of Civilization: Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria

Muriam Haleh Davis

Published by Duke University Press 2022

Markets of Civilization

Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria

Muriam Haleh Davis

In the series Theory in Forms

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478023104

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About this book

Muriam Haleh Davis provides a history of racial capitalism, showing how Islam became a racial category that shaped economic development in colonial and postcolonial Algeria.

Author / Editor information

Muriam Haleh Davis is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and coeditor of North Africa and the Making of Europe: Governance, Institutions, and Culture.

Reviews

“Markets of Civilization makes for a fascinating addition both to the literature on Algeria and also to the broader literature on racial formations and racialization. . . . Well worth the read.”

-- Marc Lynch Marc Lynch

“Markets of Civilization is a much needed scholarly intervention into the connections between race, capital and economics, and enables us to think about racial capitalism outside of, but very much connected to, a Euro-American framework. An essential read for anyone interested in the story of capitalism as others experienced it.”

-- Usman Butt Middle East Monitor

“Davis’s intervention brings our attention to an underappreciated historiographical domain of racial capitalism’s inception, evolution and contestation (i.e., the late French empire). . . . Davis subtly adds the dimension of religion to a conversation that has been dominated by ethnic- and colour-based understandings of racial capitalism’s historical origins and contemporary realities.”

-- Jacob Mundy Ethnic and Racial Studies

"Markets of Civilization makes a significant contribution to the field of Algerian history through its explication of the entanglements of racial, economic, and colonial imperatives. . . . I recommend the book to scholars and students interested in the study’s widely-ranging themes, including racial capitalism in the Middle East, the connections between economic and intellectual histories, the enduring nature of colonial, racial thinking, and how post-independence Arab regimes negotiated and remade older colonial ideas and policies."

-- Sara Rahnama International Journal of Middle East Studies

"A grounded and challenging effort to revive an older Third-Worldist scholarly tradition on Algeria. ... Davis’s Markets of Civilization is a must-read for those interested in Algerian history, colonialism, and contemporary debates on Islam and Islamophobia, as well as scholars examining the twin social theories of race and political economy."

-- Mohammed Salih SAW Reviews

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACRONYMS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
TRANSLITERATION NOTE Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. SETTLING THE COLONY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. A NEW ALGERIA RISING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3. DECOLONIZATION AND THE CONSTANTINE PLAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
4. FELLAHS INTO PEASANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
5. COMMUNISM IN A WHITE BURNOUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
6. TODAY’S UTOPIA IS TOMORROW’S REALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
EPILOGUE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
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Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288

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Published: August 8, 2022
ISBN: 9781478023104