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Table of contents :
Frontmatter
Map (page 12-13)
Preface (page 15)
11 November 1918 (page 20)
PART ONE Assessment of the Situation
I THE DISPUTE OVER FUNDAMENTALS (page 35)
II THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THINGS AND SYMBOLS (page 64)
III ENDURING FACTORS IN MAGHRIB LIFE (page 88)
PART TWO Fragments of Local History
IV TRIBES (page 111)
V VILLAGES (page 125)
VI FEZ BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS (page 164)
VII QUARTERS (page 185)
PART THREE The Reckoning
VIII THE FALSE APOGEE (page 215)
IX THE SITUATION WORSENS (page 232)
X THE KNOT TIGHTENS (page 248)
XI THE FINAL SUMMONS (page 262)
XII RESPITE (page 281)
PART FOUR The Floating Island
XIII ELEMENTARY BASES OF COEXISTENCE (page 297)
XIV TYPES AND SITUATIONS OF THE TIME (page 315)
XV THE FLAVOUR OF LIFE AT THE TIME (page 340)
XVI EXPRESSION AND MEANING (page 356)
PART FIVE The Maghrib: Past and Future
XVII 'FRANCE, IN THESE LANDS, WAS UNAWARE...' (page 383)
GLOSSARY OF ARABIC WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS AND LOCAL TERMS (page 396)
INDEX OF NAMES (page 405)
INDEX OF PLACES (page 410)
INDEX OF TRIBAL GROUPS AND FAMILIES (page 413)
INDEX OF AUTHORS, PERIODICALS, ETC. (page 415)
GENERAL INDEX (page 419)
French North Africa
, by the same author *
THE ARABS: Their History and Future
French North Africa The Maghrib Between Two World Wars JACQUES BERQUE
Translated by
JEAN STEWART
FREDERICK A. PRAEGER, Publishers New York - Washington
BOOKS THAT MATTER
Published in the United States of America in 1967 by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers r1I Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003
Originally published in France as LE MAGRIB ENTRE DEUX GUERRES
© 1962 by Editions du Seuil English translation © Faber and Faber Ltd., in London, England, 1967
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 65-20083 All rights reserved
Printed in Great Britain
Contents
Map page 12-13 Preface 15 11 November 1918 20 PART ONE
Assessment of the Situation
I THE DISPUTE OVER FUNDAMENTALS 35 The Land _ Recourse to Mechanical Energy The Scope of the First Efforts Nature’s Answer Contradictions Wealth from the Subsoil
II THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THINGS AND SYMBOLS 64 The Decline of the State The Semantics of Colonialism From Islam as Refuge to Islam as Revolution A North African Philology News Items Sophisms of Liberty The Interplay or Reason and the Arbitrary
III ENDURING FACTORS IN MAGHRIB LIFE 88 Physical Implications Historic Nature of Forms Economic Fluctuations The Significance and Shape of Colonial History 7
CONTENTS
Stages of Historic Enlightenment Enduring Factors in Maghrib Life
PART TWO
Fragments of Local History
IV TRIBES page III
V VILLAGES 125 From Tribe to Commune
Andalusian Villages Algerian ‘Colonized’ Villages Colomb-Béchar
Sidi ‘Isa in the Hodna :
Frenda
Bu Sa‘ada
In the Moroccan Gharb: Suq al-Arba‘ In the Tunisian Sahil: Ksur Essaf Life in the Village
VI FEZ BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS 164
VII QUARTERS 185 Tunis: the Nahj al-Basha Algiers: the Laferriére District
PART THREE
The Reckoning
VITI THE FALSE APOGEE 215 The Maghrib towards 1930 The Berber Reservation The Defeat of St Augustine The Celebration of the Centenary Rulers in Conclave The Opposition A Shock
IX THE SITUATION WORSENS 232 Evolution of Moroccan Agriculture Usury Concentration La kriz Rain ya khu-ya Hierarchies of Precariousness 8
CONTENTS
X THE KNOT TIGHTENS page 248 The Men of the Olive Groves The Shorn Colons Street Scenes ‘Reasons for a Decree’
A Pattern
AI THE FINAL SUMMONS 262 The Stagnation of the System Local Activity A New Social Life Social Struggles Political Struggle Algeria’s Day Relapse
XII RESPITE 281 ‘For the Native Peasant and Artisan’ A Backward Glance Modernism and Incoherence What Passed Unnoticed PART FOUR
The Floating Island
XITI ELEMENTARY BASES OF COEXISTENCE 297 Hunger Sexual Desire Fear Injustice
XIV TYPES AND SITUATIONS OF THE TIME 315 ‘Companions of the Garden’ The Man at the Base The Business Man The Left Wing The ‘Little Men’ Daily Life
XV THE FLAVOUR OF LIFE AT THE TIME 340 A Human Gaze The Picaresque and the Decadent Maghribi Sarcasm Stimulation and Reserves Maghribi Inhibition Things Endured, Things Accepted, Things Protected 9
CONTENTS
XVI EXPRESSION AND MEANING page 356 Recourse to the Maze Protective Screens Languages The Arts The Rupture The Great Reversal The Return of Ibn Khaldun Last Literary Openings
PART FIVE
The Maghrib: Past and Future XVII ‘FRANCE, IN THESE LANDS, WAS UNAWARE ...’ 383 GLOSSARY OF ARABIC WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
AND LOCAL TERMS 396
INDEX OF NAMES 405 INDEX OF PLACES 410 INDEX OF TRIBAL GROUPS AND FAMILIES 413 INDEX OF AUTHORS, PERIODICALS, ETC. AIS5
GENERAL INDEX AI9
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