Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara : Regional Connectivity in the Twentieth Century
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
African Studies
ISBN-10
1107022126
ISBN-13
9781107022126
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 30th, 2012
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
544 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 16.10 x 2.50 cms
Ksh 17,800.00
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This book 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, Scheele investigates the history of contemporary patterns of mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present.
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.
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