Islamization from Below: The Making of Muslim Communities in Rural French Sudan, 1880-1960 - Couverture souple

Peterson, Brian J.

 
9780300152708: Islamization from Below: The Making of Muslim Communities in Rural French Sudan, 1880-1960
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300152701 ISBN 13 : 9780300152708
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Brian J. Peterson is assistant professor of history, Union College. He lives in New York City.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300152701
ISBN 13 
9780300152708
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
319
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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