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Becoming Walāta : a history of Saharan social formation and transformation

Title
  1. Becoming Walāta : a history of Saharan social formation and transformation / Timothy Cleaveland.
Published by
  1. Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2002.
Author
  1. Cleaveland, Timothy.

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Description
  1. xxiii, 232 pages : map; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Group identity > Sahara > History
  2. Social change > Sahara > History
  3. Group identity
  4. Social change
  5. Social conditions
  6. Sahara > Social conditions
  7. Sahara
  8. Mauretanien
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. The journey to Walāta -- I: An introduction to the Sahara and Walāta -- The social utility of static and dynamic histories -- Emigration, sedentarization, and Walāta's changing cultural identities -- II: The Lemḥājīb: Walāta's dominant coalition -- The Lemḥājīb and their emigrant allies and rivals -- Emigration, colonialism, and the decline of the Lemḥājīb -- III: The social formation and transformation of the Lemḥājīb -- Representation, identity, and the formation of the Lemḥājīb.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.