Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara(English, Hardcover, Scheele Judith)

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Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara(English, Hardcover, Scheele Judith) is written by Scheele Judith and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1107022126 (ISBN 10) and 9781107022126 (ISBN 13).

Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara describes life on and around the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context. Basing her findings on long-term fieldwork with trading families, truckers, smugglers and scholars, Judith Scheele investigates the history of contemporary patterns of mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. Through a careful analysis of family ties and local economic records, this book shows how long-standing mobility and interdependence have shaped not only local economies, but also notions of social hierarchy, morality and political legitimacy, creating patterns that endure today and that need to be taken into account in any empirically-grounded study of the region.