Saharan frontiers : space and mobility in Northwest Africa

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Acknowledgments Note on spelling and transliteration Introduction Time and Space in the Sahara Judith Scheele and James McDougall Part I. Framing Saharan History 1. Situations Both Alike? Connectivity, the Mediterranean, the Sahara Peregrine Horden 2. On Being Saharan E. Ann McDougall 3. Saharan Trade in Classical Antiquity Katia Schorle 4. Frontiers, Borderlands, and Saharan/World History James McDougall Part II. Environment, Territory, and Community 5. The Rites of Baba Merzug: Diaspora, Ibadism, and Social Status in the Valley of the Mzab Fatma Oussedik 6. Celebrating mawlid in Timimoun: Ritual as Words in Motion, Space as Time Stood Still Abderrahmane Moussaoui 7. Villages and Crossroads: Changing Territorialities among the Tuareg of Northern Mali in the Twentieth Century Charles Gremont 8. Ethnicity and Interdependence: Moors and Haalpulaar'en in the Senegal Valley Olivier Leservoisier Part III. Strangers, Space, and Labor 9. Mauritania and the New Frontier of Europe: From Transit to Residence Armelle Choplin 10. Living Together and Living Apart in Nouakchott Laurence Marfaing 11. Cultural Interaction and the Artisanal Economy in Tamanrasset Dida Badi Part IV. Economies of Movement 12. Notes on the Informal Economy in Southern Morocco Mohamed Oudada 13. Garage or caravanserail Saharan Connectivity in al-Khall, Northern Mali Judith Scheele 14. Movements of People and Goods: Local Impacts and Dynamics of Migration in the Central Sahara Julien Brachet References Contributors Index

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