This book seeks to determine the impact of colonialism on the evolution of social classes in Algeria from 1830 to the present, and to analyze the relationship between classes and political and economic development.
Introduction -- Theoretical and Methodological Context -- The Algerian Social Structure under Turkish Domination -- The Algerian Social Structure under French Domination -- The Dynamics of Incipient Classes -- Articulation of Class Interests -- Class Relations and Ideology -- Class and Party -- Class and Bureaucracy -- Summary and Conclusions -- Postscript
