{"product_id":"france-and-islam-in-west-africa-1860-1960-paperback-9780521541121","title":"France and Islam in West Africa, 1860–1960 (Paperback) 9780521541121","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrance and Islam in West Africa, 1860–1960\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA major contribution to the social, political and intellectual history of the French West African Federation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Harrison (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521541121, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 September 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a major contribution to the social, political and intellectual history of the largest colonial state in Africa, the French West African Federation. By focusing on the specific subject of the development of French policy towards Islam, it sheds light on a wide range of issues, from the grand strategy of French imperialism to the psychology of individual administrators in isolated outposts of the empire. Christopher Harrison argues that in order to make sense of colonial rule, it is vitally important to understand the way in which the colonial power thought about the people it governed. He demonstrates how French understanding of Islam in West Africa evolved from the short-term, and often contradictory, policies associated with the period of military expansion, through a period of intense suspicion and fear of pan-Islamic movements, to a widely-held consensus that Islam in Africa was quite distinct from the Islam of the Arab world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Map\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 1850–1989: Nineteenth-century origins of French Islamic policy: 2. French Islamic policy in Senegal and Algeria\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 1898–1912: The Fear of Islam: 3. The fear of Islam\u003cbr\u003e 4. Education policy and Islam\u003cbr\u003e 5. French Islamic policy in crisis: the Futa Jallon 1909–1912\u003cbr\u003e Part III. French Scholarship and the Definition of Islam Noir: 6. Scholar-administrators and the definition of Islam Noir\u003cbr\u003e 7. The First World War\u003cbr\u003e Part IV 1920–1940: The French Stake in Islam Noir: 8. Post-war attitudes to Islam\u003cbr\u003e 9. The French stake in Islam\u003cbr\u003e 10. The 'rediscovery' of Islam\u003cbr\u003e 11. Epilogue 1940–1960\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019800400152,"sku":"9780521541121","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521541121i_076205f9-7f93-49d1-bd12-2bacca660554.jpg?v=1691369357","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/france-and-islam-in-west-africa-1860-1960-paperback-9780521541121","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}