Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Transliteration xv
6. Chronology xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I. European Theory and the North African Past
9. One. States, Peasants, and Tribes: State Formation and Rural Transformation 17
10. Two. The North African Landscape on the Eve of Reform 36
11. Part II. Precolonial Reform: State Formation in the Nineteenth Century
12. Three. Military Reform: State Formation by Coercion 65
13. Four. Tax Reform and Administrative Reorganization 77
14. Five. Economic Commercialization 96
15. Six. European Occupation: The Social Structures of Collaboration and Resistance 114
16. Part III. Tunisia under the French: Continuity and Consolidation
17. Seven. The Protectorate Reforms: Strengthening the State 141
18. Eight. Nationalism and Clientelism: The Countryside Mobilized 158
19. Part IV. Libya under the Italians: Discontinuity and Disintegration
20. Introduction 181
21. Nine. Divided Sovereignty and Competing States 185
22. Ten. Libia Italiana: Tribes Revived 203
23. PART V. Tunisia and Libya after Independence: The Consequences of State Formation and Destruction
24. Introduction 225
25. Eleven. The State Consolidated in Tunisia: Economic Development and Political Authoritarianism 231
26. Twelve. The State Avoided in Libya: From Rentier Monarchy to Distributive Jatnahiriyyah 251
27. Thirteen. State and Society in the Third World: The Lessons of Tunisia and Libya 270
28. Glossary of Arabic and Turkish Terms 281
29. Bibliographical Note 283
30. Selected Bibliography 295
31. Index 313