{"product_id":"modern-algeria","title":"Modern Algeria","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Ruedy] has skillfully compressed over two thousand years of Algerian history into a smooth, fast-paced narrative while at the same time addressing all the major questions concerning Algeria's historical development...a tour de force. - Julia Clancy-Smith, University of Virginia. Quite simply put, this work is the best and most comprehensive history of modern Algeria in English ...- Digest of Middle East Studies. One of the largest countries in Africa and in the Arab world, Algeria in the last half of the twentieth century has stood as a compelling model of national liberation and development. Yet, as the century nears a close, Algeria is beset by a national crisis, its economy in virtual collapse, its single-party political system discredited, and its cultural identity challenged by emergent Islamic fundamentalism. John Ruedy provides the first up-to-date history of Algeria's evolution from a segmented tribal order under the Ottoman Empire through five generations of French colonial exploitation, to an eight-year war of liberation, and finally to independent statehood. A concluding chapter surveys the developing political and economic crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, which witnessed Algeria at a crossroads between the Islamists and military rule. Synthesizing a large body of research in French, Arabic, and English, Ruedy incorporates political, economic, social, and cultural elements into his deft historical narrative. Maps, tables, an extensive bibliography, and a bibliographical essay enhance the utility of this book for students, scholars, and general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Ruedy","offers":[{"title":"Very good","offer_id":40185712509118,"sku":"9780253207463V","price":13.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fair","offer_id":40185712541886,"sku":"9780253207463F","price":11.6,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well read","offer_id":40185712574654,"sku":"9780253207463W","price":10.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/2283\/4851\/products\/9780253207463.jpg?v=1626408501","url":"https:\/\/www.babelbooks.com.au\/products\/modern-algeria","provider":"BabelBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}