AFRICAN STUDIES / BIOGRAPHY
Abd al-Qadir and the Algerians
Resistance to the French and International Consolidation
Raphael Danziger
As the Commander of the Faithful in the 1830s and 40s, Abd al-Qadir's task was twofold: to resist the incursions of the French with whatever resources he could muster, and to bring some measure of unitiy to the tribal peoples of Algeria.
316 pp. • bibliog., index, maps
ISBN 0-8419-0236-4 • $49.50 (cloth)