Description |
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Iberian and Latin American studies |
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Iberian and Latin American studies.
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Contents |
Introduction : 'If you ever arrive at a wide white land ... ' -- From Cuba to Villa Cisneros : the construction of a Spanish neocolonial space in the Sahara -- From Spanish 'peace' to armed struggle : the emergence of Saharawi nationalism -- From refugees to citizens : exile and nation-building in the Saharawi refugee camps -- From soldiers to shopkeepers : nationalism, development and social change in the Saharawi refugee camps |
Summary |
Tells the story of the Western Sahara from colonialism, through a national liberation movement, to the dominant take over by Morocco and the current disputed sovereignty and legal status. Marked with grievous human rights abuses, dislodgement of thousands of Saharawis, Algerian government's ejection of thousands of Moroccans, UN actions, and large refugee camps, the modern political history of the Western Sahara is not pleasant. With the authors keen insights and humanization of the grim story, he chronologically steps through this history and is excellent in his examination and depiction of how a new Saharawi identity, culture, and social order has been developed in the refugee camps |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Jumhurīyat al-Ṣaḥrāʼ al-ʿArabīyah al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah.
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SUBJECT |
Jumhurīyat al-Ṣaḥrāʼ al-ʻArabīyah al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah fast |
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Sahrawi (African people) -- Social conditions
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Sahrawi (African people) -- Politics and government
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Sahrawi (African people) -- Political activity
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Political refugees -- Western Sahara
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Political refugees -- Western Sahara -- Social conditions
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HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
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Political refugees
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Political refugees -- Social conditions
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Western Sahara -- Politics and government -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146283
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Subject |
Western Sahara
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780708323816 |
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0708323812 |
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0708322050 |
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9780708322055 |
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