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Record Nr.

UNISA996247896103316

Autore

Clancy-Smith Julia Ann

Titolo

Rebel and Saint : Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (Algeria and Tunisia, 1800-1904) / / Julia A. Clancy-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 1997

©1994

ISBN

0-520-92037-6

0-585-16224-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 370 p. ) : 9 maps ;

Collana

Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies Series ; ; Volume 18

Disciplina

965

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Algeria

Islam and politics - Tunisia

Sufis - Political activity - Algeria

Sufis - Political activity - Tunisia

Algeria History 1516-1830

Algeria History 1830-1962

Tunisia History 1516-1881

Tunisia History French occupation, 1881-1956

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. A Desert Civilization The Pre-Sahara of Algeria and Tunisia, c. 1800-1830 -- 2. Saint and Sufi Religious Notables of the Pre-Sahara -- 3. Hedging Bets in a Time of Troubles Algeria, 1830-1849 -- 4. Mahdi and Saint The 1849 Bu Ziyan Uprising -- 5. Baraka and Barud Sidi Mustafa's Emigration to Tunisia -- 6. The Sharif of Warqala's Jihad, 1850-1866 -- 7. The Shaykh and His Daughter Implicit Pacts and Cultural Survival c. 1827-1904 -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Julia Clancy-Smith's unprecedented study brings us a remarkable view of North African history from the perspective of the North Africans themselves. Focusing on the religious beliefs and political actions of



Muslim elites and their followers in Algeria and Tunisia, she provides a richly detailed analysis of resistance and accommodation to colonial rule.    Clancy-Smith demonstrates the continuities between the eras of Turkish and French rule as well as the importance of regional ties among elite families in defining Saharan political cultures. She rejects the position that Algerians and Tunisians were invariably victims of western colonial aggression, arguing instead that Muslim notables understood the outside world and were quite capable of manipulating the massive changes occurring around them.