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Moroccan Mirages : Agrarian Dreams and Deceptions, 1912-1986 / Will Davis Swearingen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 822Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1987Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (244 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691600222
  • 9781400858958
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1/0964 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: 1912-1932 -- 1. In Search of the Granary of Rome -- 2. Not a Drop of Water to the Sea -- PART II: THE 1930s -- 3. The California Dream -- 4. One Million Hectares by the Year 2000 -- PART III: 1940-1986 -- 5. Pioneering Morocco's Development Formula -- 6. Fulfilling the Colonial Vision -- Summary and Conclusion -- Epilogue: Policy by Illusion -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Morocco's future is threatened politically and economically by a growing agricultural crisis. Will Swearingen locates the roots of this crisis in French dreams for the jewel" of their colonial empire. He demonstrates that, with disastrous results, contemporary Moroccan leaders are fulfilling a colonial vision, implementing policies and plans drafted during the protectorate period.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: 1912-1932 -- 1. In Search of the Granary of Rome -- 2. Not a Drop of Water to the Sea -- PART II: THE 1930s -- 3. The California Dream -- 4. One Million Hectares by the Year 2000 -- PART III: 1940-1986 -- 5. Pioneering Morocco's Development Formula -- 6. Fulfilling the Colonial Vision -- Summary and Conclusion -- Epilogue: Policy by Illusion -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index

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Morocco's future is threatened politically and economically by a growing agricultural crisis. Will Swearingen locates the roots of this crisis in French dreams for the jewel" of their colonial empire. He demonstrates that, with disastrous results, contemporary Moroccan leaders are fulfilling a colonial vision, implementing policies and plans drafted during the protectorate period.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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