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Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin: The Politics of Land Control, 1790-1940 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Assan Sarr
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Description for Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin: The Politics of Land Control, 1790-1940 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Hardcover. An original, rigorously researched volume that questions long-accepted paradigms concerning land ownership and its use in Africa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in African history. Documenting the impact of Islamization, the development of peanut production, and the institution of colonial rule on people living along the middle and lower Gambia River, the book shows how these waves of changes sweeping the region after 1850 altered local political and social arrangements, with important implications for the ability of elites to control land. Author Assan Sarr argues for a nuanced understanding of land and its historic value ... Read more
Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in African history. Documenting the impact of Islamization, the development of peanut production, and the institution of colonial rule on people living along the middle and lower Gambia River, the book shows how these waves of changes sweeping the region after 1850 altered local political and social arrangements, with important implications for the ability of elites to control land. Author Assan Sarr argues for a nuanced understanding of land and its historic value ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
547g
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580465694
SKU
V9781580465694
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin: The Politics of Land Control, 1790-1940 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Assan Sarr is making me rethink much of what I thought I knew, from four decades of study, about land, politics, and society along the lower Gambia River in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This is African history at its best.
Donald R. Wright, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History Emeritus, SUNY Cortland ... Read more
Donald R. Wright, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History Emeritus, SUNY Cortland ... Read more