Approaches to the economy of colonial Annaba, 1870-1920

Bibliographic Data

ID2511253
AuthorsDavid Prochaska (corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume60
Issue4
Pages497-523
Publication date1990-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1160205
OpenAlexW2114574714
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Opening ParagraphThe Annaba economy today is Algerian. It is run entirely by Algerians except for the steel mill outside of town. The goods provided are tailored to its mostly Algerian customers (jillabas, harissa, henna), plus selected Western goods made in Algeria or imported from Europe (plastic buckets and gas bottles, Peugeot sedans for those with the money and connections, sitcoms for the few with TVs, commercial films for everyone). Goods are dispensed primarily in a modern suq, or bazaar, although the government also runs a supermarket and department store. French and other Europeans are physically absent from Annaba today for the most part, but Western economic influences persist, like only partly covered-over layers of historical sediment laid down orignally in the colonial period

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bazaar · Business · Colonialism · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Paragraph · Political science · African history and culture studies · History · Law · North African History and Literature · Philosophy · Political and Social Issues