Restaging Mise en Valeur

“Postwar Imperialism” and The Plan de Constantine

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ID21222166
AuthorsMuriam Haleh Davis (0000-0001-5809-4490, New York University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume44
Issue2
Pages176-186
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2151-3481 • E-ISSN: 2329-3225
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s215134810000149x
OpenAlexW2586375100
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited20

Fewer than fourth months after De Gaulle stood in Algiers and enigmatically declared “I have understood you,” he was once again in Algeria, now in the city of Constantine, where he unveiled a development plan that seemed to reaffirm his commitment to French Algeria. On 3 October 1958, amidst the ravages of war, De Gaulle proposed the Plan de Constantine , proclaiming that “all of Algeria must have her share in what modern civilization can and must bring to men.” The Plan de Constantine (hereafter “the Plan”) was an ambitious development program that intended to lessen the economic, social and political disparity between l’ Hexagone (metropolitan France) and French Algeria

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