Peasant settlers and the ‘civilizing mission’ in Russian Turkestan, 1865-1917

This article provides an introduction to one of the lesser-known examples of European settler colonialism, the settlement of European (mainly Russian and Ukrainian) peasants in Southern Central Asia (Turkestan) in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It establishes the legal background and demographic impact of peasant settlement, and the role played by the state in organising and encouraging it. It explores official attitudes towards the settlers (which were often very negative), and their relations with the local Kazakh and Kyrgyz population. The article adopts a comparative framework, looking at Turkestan alongside Algeria and Southern Africa, and seeking to establish whether paradigms developed in the study of other settler societies (such as the ‘poor white’) are of any relevance in understanding Slavic peasant settlement in Turkestan. It concludes that there are many close parallels with European settlement in other regions with large indigenous populations, but that racial ideology played a much less important role in the Russian case compared to religious divisions and fears of cultural backsliding. This did not prevent relations between settlers and the ‘native’ population deteriorating markedly in the years before the First World War, resulting in large-scale rebellion in 1916

Reception Test of Petals for the End Cap TEC+ of the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker

The silicon strip tracker of the CMS experiment has been completed and was inserted into the CMS detector in late 2007. The largest sub system of the tracker are its end caps, comprising two large end caps (TEC) each containing 3200 silicon strip modules. To ease construction, the end caps feature a modular design: groups of about 20 silicon modules are placed on sub-assemblies called petals and these self-contained elements are then mounted onto the TEC support structures. Each end cap consists of 144 such petals, which were built and fully qualified by several institutes across Europe. Fro

Integration of the End Cap TEC+ of the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker

The silicon strip tracker of the CMS experiment has been completed and inserted into the CMS detector in late 2007. The largest sub-system of the tracker is its end cap system, comprising two large end caps (TEC) each containing 3200 silicon strip modules. To ease construction, the end caps feature a modular design: groups of about 20 silicon modules are placed on sub-assemblies called petals and these self-contained elements are then mounted into the TEC support structures. Each end cap consists of 144 petals, and the insertion of these petals into the end cap structure is referred to as TEC integration. The two end caps were integrated independently in Aachen (TEC+) and at CERN (TEC--). This note deals with the integration of TEC+, describing procedures for end cap integration and for quality control during testing of integrated sections of the end cap and presenting results from the testing

Mazenot (Georges) : Évaluer la colonisation

Ageron Charles-Robert. Mazenot (Georges) : Évaluer la colonisation. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 87, n°326-327, 1er semestre 2000. Les Juifs et la mer, sous la direction de Richard Ayoun. p. 317

Avant-propos

Ageron Charles-Robert. Avant-propos. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 70, n°258-259, 1er et 2e trimestres 1983. Le Maghreb et la France de la fin du XIXe siècle au milieu du XXe siècle (1re Partie) pp. 7-9

Côte (Marc) : L'Algérie ou l'espace retourné

Ageron Charles-Robert. Côte (Marc) : L'Algérie ou l'espace retourné. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 77, n°287, 2e trimestre 1990. pp. 245-246

Jauffret (Jean-Charles) éd. : La guerre d'Algérie par les documents. Tome I : L'avertissement (1943-1946). Préface du général Robert Bassac

Ageron Charles-Robert. Jauffret (Jean-Charles) éd. : La guerre d'Algérie par les documents. Tome I : L'avertissement (1943-1946). Préface du général Robert Bassac. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 78, n°292, 3e trimestre 1991. pp. 421-422

Gambetta et la reprise de l'expansion coloniale

Was the origin of the colonial policy's revival after 1878 due to Gambetta ? His friends asserted that it was, and this is not unlikely ; but it would be somewhat rash to accept this statement without going into the question. The purpose here is therefore to draw out the evolution of Gambetta's way of mind (he adopted the colonial expansion policy as early as 1878), to define his colonial doctrine and to size up his various public or underlying activities, through which he strove, as he said himself, for the reconstruction of our colonial empire. He (at his own, not Courcel's prompting) headed the French intervention in Tunisia. While in power, he simultaneously provided for an important expedition into Tonkin and for an expeditionary force to Egypt. The colonization of Black Africa and Madagascar was also one of the Great Cabinet's designs. Spuller was right then, when he said that Jules Ferry based his colonial policy upon Gambetta's. Though he was not alone to make use of this opening, Gambetta was the only man who could win the Republicans over to such a cause. The colonial policy was Gambetta's political testament to the Third Republic.Gambetta fut-il à l'origine de la reprise de la politique coloniale après 1878 ? Ses amis l'ont affirmé avec quelque vraisemblance, mais il serait imprudent d'accueillir sans critique leurs propos. On a donc tenté de cerner ici l'évolution de la pensée de Gambetta, rallié à l'expansion coloniale dès 1878, de définir sa doctrine coloniale et de mesurer ce que furent les activités, publiques ou occultes, par lesquelles il s'efforça de travailler, comme il disait lui-même « à la reconstitution de notre empire colonial ». Dans l'intervention française en Tunisie, il eut la responsabilité initiale et ce ne fut pas Courcel qui le décida. Lorsqu'il fut au pouvoir, il prépara à la fois une grande expédition pour le Tonkin et un corps de débarquement pour PÉgypte. La colonisation de l'Afrique noire et de Madagascar fut l'un des autres desseins du Grand Ministère. Spuller n'avait donc pas tort de dire que Jules Ferry conçut sa politique coloniale « sur l'inspiration directe de Gambetta ». Bien qu'il n'ait pas été le seul à ouvrir cette voie, Gambetta était le seul à pouvoir rallier les Républicains. La politique coloniale constitue le testament politique de Gambetta à la IIIe République.Ageron Charles-Robert. Gambetta et la reprise de l'expansion coloniale. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 59, n°215, 2e trimestre 1972. pp. 165-204

Amicale des anciens élèves des écoles d'agriculture d'Algérie : L'œuvre française en Algérie (1830-1962)

Ageron Charles-Robert. Amicale des anciens élèves des écoles d'agriculture d'Algérie : L'œuvre française en Algérie (1830-1962). In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 78, n°292, 3e trimestre 1991. pp. 417-418

Hartmut Elsenhans, La guerre d'Algérie (1954-1962)

Ageron Charles-Robert. Hartmut Elsenhans, La guerre d'Algérie (1954-1962). In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 87, n°328-329, 2e semestre 2000. Grégoire et la cause des Noirs. Combats et projets (1789-1831) pp. 369-371