1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461785203321

Autore

Peterson Brian James

Titolo

Islamization from below [[electronic resource] ] : the making of Muslim communities in rural French Sudan, 1880-1960 / / Brian J. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-280-57137-3

9786613600974

0-300-15273-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

297.096623

Soggetti

Islam - Mali - Bougouni (Sikasso) - History

Electronic books.

Bougouni (Sikasso, Mali) History

France Colonies Africa Religion

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 (p. 261-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392903203316

Autore

Hartlib Samuel -1662

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-Spread-Eagle at the West-end of Pauls, 1655

Descrizione fisica

[6], 62, [4], 40 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

HartlibSamuel-1662

Soggetti

Bees

Silkworms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018