The Blood of the Colony: Wine and the Rise and Fall of French Algeria

ISBN-10
067424947X
ISBN-13
9780674249479
Category
Algeria
Pages
319
Language
English
Published
2021
Author
Owen White

Description

The surprising story of the wine industry's role in the rise of French Algeria and the fall of empire.

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