The Peculiarities of ‘Spanish Morocco’: Imperial Ideology and Economic Development

Abstract

Perceptions of shared history, culture, and ethnicity ensured Muslim Moroccans a secure place in the traditionalist hierarchy of Francisco Franco's Spain. These perceptions shaped the colonial policies of Franco's ‘National Catholic’ dictatorship, which paradoxically portrayed Islam as compatible with Christianity and denied that Spaniards differed in essence from Moroccans. As the dictatorship continued to embrace ultra-conservative and anti-modern ideology, in Morocco its officials increasingly emphasized modern methods of economic development. In Spanish-occupied North Africa, the forces of tradition and modernity did not necessarily conflict. In fact, tradition could be harnessed to promote modernization and economic development.

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