The Algerian War in the French education system : a case study of the transmission of memory

This thesis examines memory and its transmission through a case study of the Algerian war of national independence in terminale history classes in France. It argues that while these classes may, in relative terms, be an important vector of "memory" for the young, in absolute terms very lit...

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Main Author: McCormack, Jo
Published: Loughborough University 2000
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343666