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