Foreword by Hugh Roberts
Introduction to the Nebraska Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Algeria 1830-1870
1. The conquest: Kabyles and Arabs in warfare
2. Security and reconnaissance part 1: the elaboration and confirmation of categories
3. Security and reconnaissance part 2: Islam and society
4. The 'Royaume Arabe' (1860-1870)
Part II. Social sciences and military men
5. The Ecole Polytechnique, Saint-Simonianism and the army
6. Race and scholarship in Algeria: the impact of the military
7. Scholarly societies in France: the Kabyle Myth as a racial paradigm
Part III. Algeria 1871-1900: The eclipse of the Kabyle Myth
8. Civilian rule
9. Algeria, the melting-pot of the Mediterranean: the impact of Louis Bertrand
Part IV. The legacy
10. Persistent stereotypes and resultant policies
Part V
11. Conclusion
Notes to chapters
Appendix: Biographical sketches
Bibliography
Index