03355nam 2200625Ia 450 991046178520332120200520144314.01-280-57137-397866136009740-300-15273-610.12987/9780300152739(CKB)2670000000185525(StDuBDS)AH23093114(SSID)ssj0000646367(PQKBManifestationID)11432920(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646367(PQKBWorkID)10685183(PQKB)10737052(MiAaPQ)EBC3420848(DE-B1597)484968(OCoLC)793206886(DE-B1597)9780300152739(Au-PeEL)EBL3420848(CaPaEBR)ebr10551867(CaONFJC)MIL360097(OCoLC)923598219(EXLCZ)99267000000018552520100830d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrIslamization from below[electronic resource] the making of Muslim communities in rural French Sudan, 1880-1960 /Brian J. PetersonNew Haven Yale University Pressc20111 online resource (336 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-15270-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-308) and index.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 -- IndexThe 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.IslamMaliBougouni (Sikasso)HistoryBougouni (Sikasso, Mali)HistoryFranceColoniesAfricaReligionElectronic books.IslamHistory.297.096623Peterson Brian James1044465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461785203321Islamization from below2470139UNINA