In 1962, almost one million people were evacuated from Algeria. France called these citizens Repatriates to hide their French Algerian origins and to integrate them into society. This book is about Repatriation and how it became central to France's postcolonial understanding of decolonization, the Algerian past, and French identity.

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Sung Eun Choi is Assistant Professor in History at Bentley University in Massachusetts, USA. She specializes in French decolonization and settler colonial histories.

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Table of Contents 1. French Settler Colonialism in Algeria 2. The Algerian War in the Settler Colony and the Metropole 3. Repatriation: Bringing the Settler Colony 'Home' 4. Repatriates against de Gaulle 5. Liberal Repatriation after de Gaulle 6. Socialist Repatriation after de Gaulle 7. Repatriates Narrate French Algeria