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

List of contents

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

About the author

Ross E. Dunn

Summary

This work, first published in 1977, is a study of African responses to European conquest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book examines the decades of French conquest as an episode in African, rather than European, colonial or military history.

Product details

• Authors: Ross E. Dunn, Dunn Ross E.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138549562
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54956-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: World Empires; Routledge Library Editions: World Empires
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; France, HISTORY / General, military history, Morocco, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, C 1900 - C 1914