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Albert Memmi The Colonizer And The Colonized
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First published in Britain in hardcov-er and paperback by
.Souvenir Press (Educational & Academic) Ltd in 1974
This edition first published in paperback in the UK in 2003 by Earths can Publications Ltd
Copyright © Albert Mernrni, 1974
Translation copyright © 1965 by The Orion Press, Inc.
Copyright New Introduction© 2003 Nadine Gordimer
All rights reserved
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 1-84407-040-9 paperback l-84407-060-3 hardback
Translated by Howard Greenfeld from
Portrait du Colonise precede du
Portrait du Colonisateur, © by Editions Buchet/Chaste!,
Correa, 1957
Printed and bound in the UK by Creative Print and Design Wales
Cover design by Ruth Bateson
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