Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Arabic Spellings; Abbreviations Used in the Text; 1. Empire and Education; 2. An Uncertain Beginning; 3. The West African Connection; 4. A New Pedagogy for Morocco?; 5. A Psychological Ethnology; 6. "A Worker Proletariat with a Dangerous Mentality"; 7. Elite Demands; 8. Nests of Nationalism; 9. Legacies and Reversals; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Before French conquest, education played an important role in Moroccan society as a means of cultural reproduction and as a form of cultural capital that defined a person's social position. Primarily religious and legal in character, the Moroccan educational system did not pursue European educational ideals. Following the French conquest of Morocco, however, the French established a network of colonial schools for Moroccan Muslims designed to further the agendas of the conquerors. The Moroccan Soul examines the history of the French education system in colonial Morocco, the development of Fren
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index