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Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara: Regional Connectivity in the Twentieth Century

Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara: Regional Connectivity in the Twentieth Century

Scheele, Judith

Hardcover

Series: African Studies

Business GeneralUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1107022126
ISBN13: 9781107022126
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Apr 30 2012
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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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