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Training the national elites in Colonial Algeria 1920-1954
Ausbildung der nationalen Eliten im kolonialen Algerien 1920-1954
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Abstract 'When dealing with the question of Algerian 'elites' - a term which, by the way, is never used locally - a basic contradiction will become apparent. 'National' they were indeed, those new social categories (doctors, engineers, teachers, lawyers, and so on) that the Colonial presence created, either ... view more
'When dealing with the question of Algerian 'elites' - a term which, by the way, is never used locally - a basic contradiction will become apparent. 'National' they were indeed, those new social categories (doctors, engineers, teachers, lawyers, and so on) that the Colonial presence created, either directly or indirectly, among the French or the Arab population. But they became 'nationalistic', meaning that they sought to break completely with the Colonial power, only much later, when the guerilla warfare began in 1954. Focusing on the period between 1920 and 1954, and using archives and interviews, I will try to show today the essential role played by education, particularly by the 'Colonial system of education'. That system was a 'structuring machine' which irresistibly and lastingly contributed to reshaping society from top to bottom as well as the relationship between the two languages. And though the 1954 Revolution denied it, that structure is still alive and functioning today.' (author's abstract)|... view less
Keywords
Algeria; French language instruction; student; school graduation; colonialism; engineer; training; university; Africa; nationalism; colonial policy; political elite; teacher; Arab countries; language; elite; judge; French-speaking Africa; highly qualified worker; occupation; knowledge of languages; academic; North Africa; developing country
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
University Education
Secondary Education Sector Upper Level
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Method
qualitative empirical; empirical; historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 285-295
Journal
Historical Social Research, 33 (2008) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.33.2008.2.285-295
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed