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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: Introducing Algerian Historical, Sociolinguistic and Glotto-Political Dynamics -- 1.1 Rationale and Book Structure -- 1.2 Algerian Cultures -- 1.2.1 Algerian Cultures: A Reductionist View -- 1.2.2 Egocentrism in Culture -- 1.3 Language Conflict and Symbolic Domination -- 1.4 A Sketch of the Sociolinguistic, Ethno-Cultural and Glotto-Political Dynamics in Algeria -- 1.4.1 Arabic -- 1.4.2 Algerian or Colloquial Arabic (AA) -- 1.4.3 Tamazight (Berber) -- 1.4.4 French -- 1.4.5 English -- 1.5 The Sociolinguistic Consequences of Arab-Berber, Arab-French and Berber-French Relationships, Influenced by Years of Political and Ethnic Tension -- 1.5.1 Arab-Berber -- 1.5.2 Arab-French -- 1.5.3 Berber-French -- References -- 2: The History of European Imperialism in Algeria -- 2.1 Imperial Curriculum in Algeria -- 2.2 Language Imperialism and the War on Islam -- 2.3 Western Cinema in Algerian Local Public Entertainment -- 2.4 Cultural Genocide After Burning Algiers's University Library -- References -- 3: Arabisation as an Act of Linguistic and Cultural Restoration and Language Policy -- 3.1 An Introduction to Arabisation -- 3.1.1 Historical Background of Arabisation in Algeria -- 3.2 Arabisation as a Policy -- 3.3 Arabisation as an Ideology -- 3.3.1 Aspects of Legitimacy -- 3.4 Evaluation of Arabisation Strategy -- References -- 4: Examples of Cultural Representations in Algerian English Textbooks -- 4.1 An Overview of Culture in Education: Perspectives, Implementations and Legislation -- 4.1.1 Learners' Perspectives and Teachers' Implementations of Culture -- 4.1.2 The Legislative Cultural Powers in Algeria: Educational Institutions and Ministries -- 4.2 The Hierarchy of Cultural Concepts in Some Algerian English Textbooks -- 4.2.1 Getting Through -- 4.2.2 New Prospects.