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UNINA9910461785203321 |
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Autore |
Peterson Brian James |
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Titolo |
Islamization from below [[electronic resource] ] : the making of Muslim communities in rural French Sudan, 1880-1960 / / Brian J. Peterson |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
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1-280-57137-3 |
9786613600974 |
0-300-15273-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Islam - Mali - Bougouni (Sikasso) - History |
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Bougouni (Sikasso, Mali) History |
France Colonies Africa Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-308) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Wars of Samori -- 2. Reconstructing a Fragmented World -- 3. Slave Emancipation and the Expansion of Islam, 1905-1914 -- 4. Coping with Colonialism -- 5. Transforming the Village -- 6. Migrants and the Dialectics of Conversion, 1930-1960 -- 7. Changes in the Religious Landscape -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index |
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The colonial era in Africa, spanning less than a century, ushered in a more rapid expansion of Islam than at any time during the previous thousand years. In this groundbreaking historical investigation, Brian J. Peterson considers for the first time how and why rural peoples in West Africa "became Muslim" under French colonialism.Peterson rejects conventional interpretations that emphasize the roles of states, jihads, and elites in "converting" people, arguing instead that the expansion of Islam owed its success to the mobility of thousands of rural people who gradually, and usually peacefully, adopted the new religion on their own. Based on extensive fieldwork in villages across southern Mali (formerly French Sudan) and on archival research in West Africa and |
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France, the book draws a detailed new portrait of grassroots, multi-generational processes of Islamization in French Sudan while also deepening our understanding of the impact and unintended consequences of colonialism. |
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UNISA996392903203316 |
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Autore |
Hartlib Samuel -1662 |
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The reformed Common-wealth of bees. Presented in severall letters and observations to Sammuel Hartlib Esq [[electronic resource] ] : With The reformed Virginian silk-worm. Containing many excellent and choice secrets, experiments, and discoveries for attaining of national and private profits and riches |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-Spread-Eagle at the West-end of Pauls, 1655 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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[6], 62, [4], 40 p. : ill |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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The reformed Virginian silk-worm, has a separate dated t.p. and pagination. |
Annotation on Thomason copy: "May. 29.". |
Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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