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Resistance in the Desert: Moroccan Responses to French Imperialism 1881-1912 book cover

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Resistance in the Desert Moroccan Responses to French Imperialism 1881-1912

By Ross E. Dunn Copyright 1977
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge
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This work, first published in 1977, is a study of African responses to European conquest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It centers on the Muslim pastoral tribes and oasis communities which inhabited southeastern Morocco, a semi-arid region on the northern fringe of the Sahara Desert. Between 1881 and 1912 the French army, advancing from Algeria, invaded and occupied this... Read more

A Note on Transliteration;  Acknowledgments;  Introduction;  Part One: The Southeast on the Eve of the French Conquest;  1. The People of the Desert Fringe  2. Nomads: The Dawi Mani’ and the Ait ‘Atta  3. Oasis-Dwellers: Tafilalt, Figuig, and Kenadsa  4. The Commercial Network;  Part Two: Southeastern Morocco and the French Conquest;  5. The Southeast between France and the Makhzan, 1881-1900  6. The Aftermath of Touat, 1900-1903  7. Resistance and the Commercial Shift, 1903-1907  8. The Southeast in the Era of Mawlay ‘Abd al-Hafid, 1908-1912  9. Southeastern Morocco and Africa in the Era of European Conquest;  Glossary of Special Terms and Tribal Names;  Sources;  Index

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