Historical Dictionary of AlgeriaScarecrow Press, 2006 M09 5 - 640 pages The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the second largest country in Africa. This, coupled with its location near Europe and its prized hydrocarbons (oil and gas), continues to increase Algeria's international importance. Algeria's fight for liberation from French colonialism, which it finally achieved in 1962, was made famous by Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (1966) and stands as an inspiration for many nearby countries. However, recent violence caused in part by ideological rivalry between a declining socialism and rising Islamism, illustrates post-colonial peril and tragedy. Today, Algeria endeavors to reconcile its past with its present. The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Algeria has undergone extensive and substantial changes since previous editions, especially taking into account Algeria's civil strife of the 1990s and the country's controversial re-institutionalization and re-democratization. This is accomplished by means of a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, maps, black & white photos, economic tables and statistics, appendixes, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events. |
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... Algériens en Europe/Friendship (F ellowship) Society of Algérians in Europe Association pour l'Egalite' des Droits ... Algérien/National Algerian Alliance Assemblée Populaire Communale/Popular Communal Assembly APN APW AP S ASCOOP AUMA ...
... Algériens en Europe/Friendship (F ellowship) Society of Algérians in Europe Association pour l'Egalite' des Droits ... Algérien/National Algerian Alliance Assemblée Populaire Communale/Popular Communal Assembly APN APW AP S ASCOOP AUMA ...
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... Algérien/Algerian Democratic Front Federation des Elus Musulmans d'Alge'rie/Federation of Elected Muslims of Algeria French franc Federation de France du Front de Liberation Nationale/Federation of France of the National Liberation ...
... Algérien/Algerian Democratic Front Federation des Elus Musulmans d'Alge'rie/Federation of Elected Muslims of Algeria French franc Federation de France du Front de Liberation Nationale/Federation of France of the National Liberation ...
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... Algérien Islamique Armé/Algerian Armed Islamic Movement (see also MIA) Mouvement Algérien pour la Justice et le Développement/Algerian Movement for Justice and Development Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie/Movement for the ...
... Algérien Islamique Armé/Algerian Armed Islamic Movement (see also MIA) Mouvement Algérien pour la Justice et le Développement/Algerian Movement for Justice and Development Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie/Movement for the ...
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... Algérien/ Armed Islamic Movement/Algerian Islamic Movement Mouvement Islamique Algérien Armé/Armed Algerian Islamic Movement Mission des Nations Unies pour un Référendum au Sahara Occidental/United Nations Mission for the Referendum in ...
... Algérien/ Armed Islamic Movement/Algerian Islamic Movement Mouvement Islamique Algérien Armé/Armed Algerian Islamic Movement Mission des Nations Unies pour un Référendum au Sahara Occidental/United Nations Mission for the Referendum in ...
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... Algérien de la Main-d'oeuvre/Algerian Office of Labor Office National de Office of Marketing Organisation Nationale des Moudj ahidine/National Organization of Moudj ahidine Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Organisation de ...
... Algérien de la Main-d'oeuvre/Algerian Office of Labor Office National de Office of Marketing Organisation Nationale des Moudj ahidine/National Organization of Moudj ahidine Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Organisation de ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
French Governors of Colonial Algeria | 467 |
Revolutionary Organizations and National Governments | 471 |
Selected Name Changes since Independence | 485 |
Tables | 487 |
Glossary | 497 |
Bibliography | 505 |
About the Author | 573 |
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