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Interns of Empire: Shaping Elite Opinions at the Height of the Algerian War of Independence.

  • Published In: Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, 2025, v. 51, n. 1. P. 27 1 of 3

  • Database: Historical Abstracts with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Durham, Brooke 3 of 3

Abstract

At the height of the Algerian War of Independence, the French government sought to convince the metropolitan public to support its modernization initiatives in Algeria. This article examines the government's outreach to university students through summer internships in administrative, health, and welfare roles in Algeria. Students, however, were not always convinced that France was a force for "good" in raising Algerian living standards. In surveys and reports reflecting on their experiences living and working across the Mediterranean, students identified obstacles to the French administrative and military interventions, especially mistrust between Europeans and Algerians, and the high human and material costs of waging war against Algerian nationalists. This article contributes to scholarship on youth, modernization, and decolonization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques. 2025/03, Vol. 51, Issue 1, p27
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0315-7997
  • DOI:10.3167/hrrh.2025.510103
  • Accession Number:183214066
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