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- Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara
- Series page
- Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Photos
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Founding Saints and Moneylenders
- 2 Saints on Trucks
- 3 Dates, Cocaine, and AK 47s
- 4 Struggles over Encompassment
- 5 Universal Law and Local Containment
- 6 Settlement, Mobility, and the Daily Pitfalls of Saharan Cosmopolitanism
- Conclusion Saharan Connectivity and the “Swamp of Terror”
- Glossary
- References
- Index
4 - Struggles over Encompassment
Hierarchy, Genealogies, and Their Contemporary Use
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara
- Series page
- Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Photos
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Founding Saints and Moneylenders
- 2 Saints on Trucks
- 3 Dates, Cocaine, and AK 47s
- 4 Struggles over Encompassment
- 5 Universal Law and Local Containment
- 6 Settlement, Mobility, and the Daily Pitfalls of Saharan Cosmopolitanism
- Conclusion Saharan Connectivity and the “Swamp of Terror”
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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- Smugglers and Saints of the SaharaRegional Connectivity in the Twentieth Century, pp. 125 - 163Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012