Expressing Entitlement in Colonial Algeria: Villagers, Medical Doctors, and the State in the Early 20th Century

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Clark, Hannah-Louise. 2015. « Expressing Entitlement in Colonial Algeria: Villagers, Medical Doctors, and the State in the Early 20th Century ». International Journal of Middle East Studies 48 (3): 445-72. doi:10.1017/S002074381600043X, bibliographie, consulté le 2 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/28498

Titre
Expressing Entitlement in Colonial Algeria: Villagers, Medical Doctors, and the State in the Early 20th Century
Créateur
Clark, Hannah-Louise
Sujet
Emigration -- Djerba -- Algérie -- 20e siècle
Ibn Ghurbal, Salah
Résumé
A second petition originated in the commune mixte of La Meskiana in July 1917 (see Fig. 3). Official figures from the turn of the century recorded an estimated population of 57,802 seminomadic "natives" and 1,919 Europeans spread over 448,480 hectares. It took administrative orders at least two days to reach the administrator of La Meskiana from the prefecture of Constantine, which was situated 220 kilometers away. The duwwar sixty or seventy kilometers distance from the infirmary in La Meskiana were barely accessible by mule tracks. Whereas the previous petition united the European, Muslim, and Jewish inhabitants of Châteaudun-du-Rhumel, the Muslim landowners, tradesmen, and their servants who signed the shikaya from La Meskiana did so independently of Europeans and Jews. Seventy-three individuals signed the shikaya, which was written in a mixture of classical Arabic and Arabic dialect. It was probably drawn up by Salah bin [illegible] bin Gharbal al-Jarbi, whose signature resembles the handwriting of the text closely. The petition drew a considerable portion of its support--nine of its total seventy-three signatures--from men belonging to families from the Tunisian island of Djerba (Jarba).
Est une partie de
International Journal of Middle East Studies
volume
48
numéro
3
pages
445-472
Date
2016
Langue
eng
doi
10.1017/S002074381600043X
issn
0020-7438, 1471-6380

Clark, Hannah-Louise. 2015. « Expressing Entitlement in Colonial Algeria: Villagers, Medical Doctors, and the State in the Early 20th Century ». International Journal of Middle East Studies 48 (3): 445-72. doi:10.1017/S002074381600043X, bibliographie, consulté le 2 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/28498

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