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The Ait Ndhir of Morocco: A Study of the Social Transformation of a Berber Tribe
Amal Rassam Vinogradov
This work is an enquiry into the nature of tribalism in Morocco and its historical relationship to the central government. Employing the Air Ndhir as an example, this study attempts to establish a model for the traditional sociopolitical organization of a semi-nomadic Berber tribe of the Middle Atlas and examine the dynamics of the makhzan-tribal symbiosis during the latter half of the 19th century.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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I. French Conceptual Frameworks and Moroccan Reality
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The Makhzan-Siba Dichotomy
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The Phenomenon of Berberism
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II. History of the Ait Ndhir
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The General Ethnohistorical Background
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The Nineteenth Century
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The Ait Ndhir and the Alawi Dynasty
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The Ait Ndhir at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
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III. Ecology and Traditional Economic Organization
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The Ecological Setting
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The Tribal Territory
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Traditional Economy of the Ait Ndhir
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The Seasonal Migration
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Forms of Economic Cooperation
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IV. Sociopolitical Organization
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Alternative Frameworks: Segmentation Versus Alliance
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What Was an Ait Ndhir Tribe?
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The Dynamics of Intra-Tribal Relationships
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Pacts of Brotherhood and Protection
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Violence and the Moral Order
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The Social Order of the Ait Ndhir: Concluding Remarks
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V. The Dynamics of Traditional Land Tenure and Tribal Organization
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The Makhzan Land Tenure System
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Guish and Naiba Tribes
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The 'Azib Institution
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Tribal Tenure: Collective Land
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Land Tenure and Land Use Among the Ait Ndhir
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The Ait Ndhir Tribe: An Adaptive Interpretation
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VI. The French Protectorate and Land Colonization
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French Order: The Legal Labyrinth
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The Case of the Ait Ndhir: "Un guich fictif"
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Unanticipated Consequences: Arabization and Residual Tribalism
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VII. Conclusion
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Appendix I
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Appendix II
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Appendix III
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Appendix IV
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Appendix V
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Bibliography
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Published: 1974
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-0-932206-53-4 (paper)
- 978-1-951519-16-2 (ebook)