TY - BOOK ID - 136285866 TI - Arab France PY - 2011 SN - 1282917870 9786612917875 0520947541 9780520947542 9780520260641 0520260643 9780520260658 0520260651 9781282917873 PB - Berkeley DB - UniCat KW - Asianists KW - Islam and politics. KW - History KW - France KW - Arab countries KW - Africa, North KW - Foreign relations KW - 19th century. KW - anthropology. KW - arab france. KW - arab world. KW - archives. KW - colonial expansion. KW - colonialism. KW - egyptians. KW - engaging. KW - european history. KW - european muslims. KW - european scholars. KW - france. KW - franco arab authors. KW - french army. KW - french empire. KW - greeks. KW - historians. KW - historical record. KW - history buffs. KW - islam. KW - modern europe. KW - modern history. KW - modernity. KW - muslim history. KW - muslim world. KW - muslims. KW - napoleonic occupation. KW - nonfiction. KW - political. KW - retrospective. KW - revolutions. KW - syrians. KW - wars. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136285866 AB - Many think of Muslims in Europe as a twentieth century phenomenon, but this book brings to life a lost community of Arabs who lived through war, revolution, and empire in early nineteenth century France. Ian Coller uncovers the surprising story of the several hundred men, women, and children-Egyptians, Syrians, Greeks, and others-who followed the French army back home after Napoleon's occupation of Egypt. Based on research in neglected archives, on the rediscovery of forgotten Franco-Arab authors, and on a diverse collection of visual materials, the book builds a rich picture of the first Arab France-its birth, rise, and sudden decline in the age of colonial expansion. As he excavates a community that was nearly erased from the historical record, Coller offers a new account of France itself in this pivotal period, one that transcends the binary framework through which we too often view history by revealing the deep roots of exchange between Europe and the Muslim world, and showing how Arab France was in fact integral to the dawn of modernity. ER -