1st Edition

The Berbers Their Social and Political Organisation

By Robert Montagne Copyright 1973
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

France entered the North African world in 1830. Its overt political role there ended in 1962. The interpenetration of cultures and languages which resulted from the colonial conquest has not ended yet. No doubt a time will come when an intellectual balance sheet of this epoch comes to be drawn up. When this is done, Robert Montagne’s name will head the list of those Frenchmen who have made a study... Read more
Preface, Notes on Translation and Transcription, Introduction, Introduction to the 1931 Edition by its Editors, Chapter I: Berber Society in the Maghreb and the Formation of the Sherifian Empire, Chapter II: The Social Structure of States and their Alliances in War and Peace, Chapter III: Political and Economic Organisation, Chapter IV: The Origins and Development of Power among Temporal Leaders, Chapter V: The Transformation of Berber Society, Conclusion, Glossary of Arabic and Berber terms, Bibliography

Biography

Robert Montagne