| Edition |
1st paperback ed. |
| Description |
xi, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
African studies ; 120 |
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African studies series ; 120.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of maps and photos -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Founding saints and moneylenders: regional ecologies and oasis settlement -- Saints on trucks: Algerian traders and settlement in the bild al-sdn -- Dates, cocaine, and AK 47s: moral conundrums on the Algero-Malian border -- Struggles over encompassment: hierarchy, genealogies, and their contemporary use -- Universal law and local containment: assemblies, Quh, and the quest for civilisation -- Settlement, mobility, and the daily pitfalls of Saharan cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion: Saharan connectivity and the "Swamp of Terror" -- Glossary -- References -- Index. |
| Subject |
Algeria -- Commerce -- Mali.
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Mali -- Commerce -- Algeria.
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Algeria -- Relations -- Mali.
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Mali -- Relations -- Algeria.
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Borderlands -- Algeria.
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Borderlands -- Mali.
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Borderlands. (OCoLC)fst01723579
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Commerce. (OCoLC)fst00869279
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International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
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Algeria. (OCoLC)fst01205459
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Mali. (OCoLC)fst01204327
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| ISBN |
1107533813 |
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9781107533813 |
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