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History

Christopher Harrison
France and Islam in West Africa, 1860-1960

New York, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press

Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Map

Introduction Part I 1850-1898: Nineteenth-century Origins of French Islamic Policy

Introduction
French Islamic policy in Senegal and Algeria

Part II 1898-1912: The fear of Islam

Introduction
The fear of Islam
Education policy and Islam
French Islamic policy in crisis: the Futa Jallon 1909-1912

Part III French scholarship and the definition of Islam noir

Introduction
Scholar-administrators and the definition of Islam noir
The First World War

Part IV 1920-1940: The French stake in Islam noir

Introduction
Post-war attitudes to Islam
The Frencli stak-e in Islam
The rediscovery of Islam
Epilogue 1940-1960

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index