Western Sahara : reasons for extemporaneous colonization and decolonization, 1885-1975 / Jesús Ma Martínez Milán, PhD, Claudia Barona Castañeda, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínez Milán, Jesús Ma., author.

Barona, Claudia, author.

Series:

African Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Historiography.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

"This book discusses some of the most controversial themes in the Hispanic colonial historiography of recent years. Its objective is to offer a synthesis about Spain's presence in the Occidental Sahara between 1885 and 1975 to show that the processes of colonization and decolonization were unseasonable to the historic context in which they took place. Addressing an English-speaking population with the objective to provide the most complete information possible on a subject matter which continues to be in the public light as a result of an unfinished decolonization process, this work is enriched with research work recently done on different aspects of this subject"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

The Saharan Space at the End of the 19th Century and Beginning of the 20th Century

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Characteristics of the Bidāni Society

1.3. The Saharian Tribes

1.3.1. The Takna

1.3.2. The Rgaybāt

1.3.3. The Awlād Dalīm

1.3.4. The 'Arusiyyīn, Awlād Tidrarīn, Awlād Bū Sbāa, Tayakānt and Kunta

1.4. The World of the Brotherhoods and the Shaykh mā Al 'Aynīn

1.5. The Emirate of the Adrār Tmār

1.6. Trade through the Sahara in the 19th Century

Chapter 2

"Slowly and by the Coast": The Slow Process of Colonial Penetration and the Spanish Indigenous Policy (1885-1939)

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Slow Colonial Penetration and the Demarcation of Borders

2.3. The Spanish Indigenous Policy

Chapter 3

French-Spanish Interests in the Region in the First Third of the 20th Century (1901-1935)

3.1. Introduction

3.2. The Ministry of Colonies and the Rectification of Mauritania's Borders with Rio de Oro, 1910-1918

3.3. The Offer to France of the Spanish Sahara and the Southern Zone of the Protectorate, 1924-1926

3.4. The Right of Persecution and the Territorial Interests of Both Countries in the Face of Possible Agreements to Rectify Borders, 1924-1935

Chapter 4

The Sahara under the Franco Regime, 1940-1973: Institutional Changes and Political Developments

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Territorial Reorganization and Political Evolution, 1940-1956

4.3. 1958: A Key Year

4.4. Province Number 53 (1959-1973)

4.5. The Appearance of the First Saharawi Political Party: The Advanced Organization for the Liberation of Sahara (AOLS)

Chapter 5

Natural Resources and Public Investment

5.1. Introduction

5.2. The Fishing Sector

5.3. Mining Resources.

5.4. Prospecciones mineras s.a. (Prosminsa): A Failed Attempt to Create a Mining Think Tank for the Sahara Province (1969-1971)

Chapter 6

The "Blindness" of the Regime: From Colonia Ad infinitum to the Hasty Exit, 1974-1975

6.1. Introduction

6.2. The End of the Regime's Immobilistic Policy and Swings

6.3. The Saharawi Nationalist Movement

Conclusion

Archives

Glossary of Hasaniya Terms

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References

About the Authors

Index

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Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Martínez-Milán, Jesús Western Sahara: Reasons for Extemporaneous Colonization and Decolonization, 1885-1975

ISBN:

1-68507-420-0