The Alhazai of Maradi : : Traditional Hausa Merchants in a Changing Sahelian City / / Emmanuel Gregoire; ed. by Benjamin H. Hardy.

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.

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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (185 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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