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Squaring the Hexagon: Alsace and the Making of French Algeria, 1830-1945

Henry, Lauren Adele
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8673-2322
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1629697001404169

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, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History.
My dissertation, “Squaring the Hexagon: Alsace, Algeria and French National Belonging, 1830-1962,” challenges the traditional boundaries between French and African history. I investigate the connections between Alsace and Algeria, two places where the French state struggled to establish sovereignty over inhabitants who spoke, lived, and worshipped in decidedly distinct ways from the rest of France. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, French politicians, government officials, and military commanders viewed their missions of making Alsace and Algeria French — and turning Alsatians and Algerians into Frenchmen — in markedly similar terms, often adapting policies from one region to the other. This entangled history of Alsace and Algeria complicates our understanding of the nature of colonies and regions, revealing the deep connections between empire-building and nation-building.
Alice Conklin (Advisor)
David Steigerwald (Committee Member)
Robin Judd (Committee Member)
259 p.
European History; History
France, Algeria, Alsace, French history, colonial history, imperialism, borders, transnational history, Alsace-Lorraine, entangled history, migration, Franco-Prussian War, World War I, World War II

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  • Henry, L. A. (2021). Squaring the Hexagon: Alsace and the Making of French Algeria, 1830-1945 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1629697001404169

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Henry, Lauren. Squaring the Hexagon: Alsace and the Making of French Algeria, 1830-1945. 2021. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1629697001404169.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Henry, Lauren. "Squaring the Hexagon: Alsace and the Making of French Algeria, 1830-1945." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1629697001404169

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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