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The Alhazai of Maradi : Traditional Hausa Merchants in a Changing Sahelian City /

Gregoire, Emmanuel

The Alhazai of Maradi : Traditional Hausa Merchants in a Changing Sahelian City / Emmanuel Gregoire; ed. by Benjamin H. Hardy. - 1 online resource (185 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the English-Language Edition -- Translator's Acknowledgments -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Framework of the Study: The City and Its Environment -- 2 The Precolonial Site: Politics and Economics of Maradi in the Nineteenth Century -- 3 Colonial Maradi: An Administrative Capital Becomes Involved in Trade -- 4 Dynamism and Diversity: From Regional to Global Trade -- 5 The Social Content of Maradi's Evolution -- General Conclusions -- Acronyms -- Bibliography to the English-Language Edition -- Index -- About the Book, Author, and Translator

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Tracing the history of Maradi and the accession to power and prestige of the Alhazai, Gregoire provides a glimpse of social change in the making, as traditional and modern influences merge.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781555872786 9781685854584

10.1515/9781685854584 doi


POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.