Article ID: CBB552891260

Factor endowments on the ‘frontier’: Algerian settler agriculture at the beginning of the 1900s (2020)

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This article examines rural settlement in Constantine, a département in French Algeria, at the beginning of the 1900s. By taking into account the timing of colonial settlement for almost 100 municipalities, it shows how the changing geographical conditions and the relative quantities of land and labour shaped the colonial land policy and settler modes of production. As fertile land grew scarcer on the settlement ‘frontier’, the ability of settlers to participate in the export market was increasingly dependent on the capacity to make use of modern agricultural techniques that required larger fields and intensive labour. Thus, the outcome of rural settlement was determined by the relative abundance of indigenous labour and the adaptation of the land policy to Algeria's agricultural needs. The results demonstrate that—even within a country itself and during the settlement process—the colonial land policy and settler modes of production change significantly, depending on the region being occupied.

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Authors & Contributors
Asseraf, Arthur
Clark, Hannah-Louise
Aso, Michitake
Christmas, Sakura Marcelle
Velmet, Aro
Sookyeong Hong
Concepts
France, colonies
Agriculture
Colonialism
Labor and laborers
Settler colonialism
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Algeria
United States
Tunisia
Indochina
Morocco
Mississippi (U.S.)
Institutions
Bureau of Plant Industry (United States)
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro
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