Creating A Republican Algeria

This chapter explicates the attempt to create a republican Algeria in line with the debates over Algeria and its connections to the French nation concerning the Franco-Prussian War and the early Third Republic France. It then looks into Napoleon III's attempt to restructure Algeria, wherein French voices tend to dominate the conversation about empire in both metropole and colony. Moreover, the republicans attempted to show why their model of overseas republican colonization was superior to its Bonapartist predecessors. The chapter expounds on the transformations in Algeria's administration that significantly affected the position of indigenous Algerians. It explains that the diverse accounts of Algeria's issues reflected political concerns, such as revolts and military incompetence.