Smugglers and saints of the Sahara regional connectivity in the twentieth century /
Scheele, Judith (1978-....)
Smugglers and saints of the Sahara regional connectivity in the twentieth century / [Texte imprimé] : Judith Scheele - Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne [ect.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 - 1 vol. (XI-270 p.) : ill., couv. ill., cartes ; 24 cm - African studies series ; 120 . - African studies series (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) .
Bibliogr. p. 243-265
Machine generated contents note: 1. Founding saints and moneylenders: regional ecologies and oasis settlement; 2. Saints on trucks: Algerian traders and settlement in the biblād al-sūdān; 3. Dates, cocaine, and AK 47s: moral conundrums on the Algero-Malian border; 4. Struggles over encompassment: hierarchy, genealogies, and their contemporary use; 5. Universal law and local containment: assemblies, qudāh and the quest for civilisation; 6. Settlement, mobility, and the daily pitfalls of Saharan cosmopolitanism; Conclusion: 7. Saharan connectivity and the 'swamp of terror'
"Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara describes life on and around the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context. Basing her findings on long-term fieldwork with trading families, truckers, smugglers and scholars, Judith Scheele investigates the history of contemporary patterns of mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. Through a careful analysis of family ties and local economic records, this book shows how long-standing mobility and interdependence have shaped not only local economies, but also notions of social hierarchy, morality and political legitimacy, creating patterns that endure today and that need to be taken into account in any empirically-grounded study of the region"--
978-1-107-02212-6
CONTREBANDE
RELATIONS ECONOMIQUES
RELATIONS AFRO MAGHREBINES
ALGERIE
MALI
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General Algeria Mali Algeria Mali Borderlands Borderlands
382.096506623 364.1330965
Smugglers and saints of the Sahara regional connectivity in the twentieth century / [Texte imprimé] : Judith Scheele - Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne [ect.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 - 1 vol. (XI-270 p.) : ill., couv. ill., cartes ; 24 cm - African studies series ; 120 . - African studies series (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) .
Bibliogr. p. 243-265
Machine generated contents note: 1. Founding saints and moneylenders: regional ecologies and oasis settlement; 2. Saints on trucks: Algerian traders and settlement in the biblād al-sūdān; 3. Dates, cocaine, and AK 47s: moral conundrums on the Algero-Malian border; 4. Struggles over encompassment: hierarchy, genealogies, and their contemporary use; 5. Universal law and local containment: assemblies, qudāh and the quest for civilisation; 6. Settlement, mobility, and the daily pitfalls of Saharan cosmopolitanism; Conclusion: 7. Saharan connectivity and the 'swamp of terror'
"Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara describes life on and around the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context. Basing her findings on long-term fieldwork with trading families, truckers, smugglers and scholars, Judith Scheele investigates the history of contemporary patterns of mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. Through a careful analysis of family ties and local economic records, this book shows how long-standing mobility and interdependence have shaped not only local economies, but also notions of social hierarchy, morality and political legitimacy, creating patterns that endure today and that need to be taken into account in any empirically-grounded study of the region"--
978-1-107-02212-6
CONTREBANDE
RELATIONS ECONOMIQUES
RELATIONS AFRO MAGHREBINES
ALGERIE
MALI
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General Algeria Mali Algeria Mali Borderlands Borderlands
382.096506623 364.1330965