Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 List of Photographs Chapter 3 List of Tables Chapter 4 Preface Chapter 5 A Note on Transliteration Chapter 6 Ethnicities, Community Making, and Agrarian Change in the Ziz Oasis: An Introduction Chapter 7 The Cultural Ecology of the Ziz Oasis: An Ethno-geographical Narrative of the Ziz Oasis; Climate; Soils; Hydrology and Irrigation Infrastructure; Demography; Agriculture; Conclusion Chapter 8 The Political Ecology of the Ziz Oasis: "Those Who Have Incurred the Wrath of God"; The Ziz Oasis Evolutionary Drama of Power Struggles; The Saharan Caravan Trade; The Fate of Sijilmassa; The French Arrive to Tafilaet; Communities of Social Stratifi Chapter 9 The Traditional Social Organization of the Ziz Oasis Villages: The Ksar's Spatial Organization; The Ksar's Socio-political Organization; Law and Order; The Ksar's Economic Organization; Land Tenure Organization; Economic Differenti Chapter 10 The Ethnographic Present of the Ziz Oasis Agrarian Society: The Social History of the Villages; Population and Emigration; Households and Household Composition; Rules of Inheritance; Housing and Food Habits; The Ziz Oasis Work Force Structure; Marke Chapter 11 The Farming Systems of the Ziz Oasis: The Agricultural Calendar; The Irrigation System Organization; Land Use System and the Farming Systems; Land Tenure and the systems of Production; Agricultural Labor; Agricultural Technology; Livestock Raising; Chapter 12 Ethnic Stratification and Agricultural Intensification in the Ziz Oasis: Boserup and Agricultural Change; The Ecosystem Approach; Agricultural Intesification in the Ziz Oasis; Ethnic Cropping Systems; Ethnic Farming Systems; Does Ethnicity Matter in Chapter 13 The Politics of Ethnicities and Community Making in the Ziz Oasis: Bourdieu, Marx, and Weber; The Past and Present of the Haratine; The Ziz Oasis Senses of Community Making Chapter 14 Conclusions: The Political Ecology of the Ziz Oasis Chapter 15 Glossary of Arabic and Berber Terms Chapter 16 Bibliography Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 Author Biographical Sketch

About the Author

Hsain Ilahiane is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. His primary research focuses on natural and cultural resource management, ethnicity and social mobility, and technological and cultural change. Professor Ilahiane also studies the uses of mobile technology in economic, social, and cultural development in Morocco. He holds a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Arizona.