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Book Description: 'Walls of Algiers' examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 counter model of France's global empire. In this volume, the city of Algiers serves as a case study for the analysis of the proactive and reactive social, political, technical, and artistic forces that generate a city's form. Visual sources prints, photographs, paintings, architectural drawings, urban designs, and film are treated as primary evidence that complements and even challenges textual documents. The contributors' wide ranging but intersecting essays span the disciplines of art history, social and cultural history, urban studies, and film history. 'Walls of Algiers' presents a multifaceted look at the social use of urban space in a North African city. Its contributors' innovative methodologies allow important insights into often overlooked aspects of life in a city whose name even today conjures up enchantment as well as incomprehensible violence. Contributors include Julia Clancy Smith, Omar Carlier, Frances Terpak, Zeynep Celik, Eric Breitbart, Isabelle Grangaud, and Patricia M. E. Lorcin.

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