The Andalusi origins of the Berbers?
Building on the contributions of H.T. Norris, Joaquín Vallvé Bermejo, Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Maya Shatzmiller and others about the Berbers, this article uses the difference between the political situation in al‐Andalus and the Maghrib in the eighth century to argue for a possible Andalusi origin of a particular use of the category “Berber.” Since before the Arab conquests the sources did not imagine that the “Berbers” inhabited northwest Africa and that today it is common to do so, the article introduces the idea of a Berberization to account for that transformation. It argues that al‐Andalus was an important early site of production of a specific notion of what Berber meant and seeks to show categories such as Arab and Berber did not refer to an unchanging objective reality and that they did not always carry the same connotations or support the same understandings. Embracing the limits posed by the historical record, the article participates in the effort of historians to replace ideologically informed convictions with a more nuanced delineation of the boundaries of the knowable.
Imperial Identities: Stereotyping, Prejudice and Race in Colonial Algeria
Part 1 Algeria 1830-1870: the conquest - Kabyles and Arabs in warfare security and reconnaissance - the elaboration and confirmation of categories, Islam and society the "Royaume Arabe" (1860-1870). Part 2 Social sciences and military men: the ecole polytechnique, Saint Simoniansim and the army race and scholarship in Algeria - the impact of the military scholarly societies in France - the Kabyle myth as a racial paradigm. Part 3 Algeria 1871-1900 - the eclipse of the Kabyle myth: civilian rule Algeria, the melting pot of the Mediterranean - the impact of Louis Bertrand. Part 4 The legacy: persistent stereotypes and resultant policies. Part 5 Conclusion.
Timber, its nature and behaviour
Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 - Structure of Timber. Chapter 2 - Appearance of Timber in Relation to its Structure. Chapter 3 - Mass Volume Relationships. Chapter 4 - Movement in Timber. Chapter 5 - Flow in Timber. Chapter 6 - Deformation Under Load. Chapter 7 - Strength and Failure in Timber. Chapter 8 - Durability of Timber. Chapter 9 - Processing of Timber. Index.