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Author:
Keenan, Jeremy 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
iii-xiii, 385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, map, portrait 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Algeria
Ahaggar Mountains
Algérie
Hoggar
Ahaggar Mountains (Algeria)
Hoggar (Algérie)
Tuareg
Date:
1977
Contents:
The early history of the Tuareg and origins of the class division -- The division of the Kel Ahaggar into three drum groups -- Noble-vassal relations -- The distribution and changing balance of power -- Internal wars and conquest by France -- Nomadism and sedentarism -- Descent, class and marital strategies -- The symbolic meaning of the veil -- The colonial presence -- Resistance to change and the preservation of the status quo -- The development of the Sahara: wage labour and the seeds of discontent -- Algerian independence -- Drought and economic depression in Ahaggar -- The preconditions for socialism: agricultural co-operatives and the ruination of the nomadic economy -- The 'Algerianization' of the Kel Ahaggar -- Differential responses of the Kel Aggar to modernization -- Problems of integration
Topic:
Tuaregs  Search this
Touaregs  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Toearegs  Search this
Sociaal-economische situatie  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Ahaggar Mountains (Algeria)--Social life and customs  Search this
Geschichte  Search this
Tuaregs--Algeria--Ahaggar Mountains  Search this
Call number:
DT283.6.T83K43X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_110054