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Author Swearingen, Will D. (Will Davis), 1946- author.

Title Moroccan mirages : agrarian dreams and deceptions, 1912-1986 / Will D. Swearingen
Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]
©1987

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Description 1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations
Series Princeton legacy library
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. In Search of the Granary of Rome -- 2. Not a Drop of Water to the Sea -- 3. The California Dream -- 4. One Million Hectares by the Year 2000 -- 5. Pioneering Morocco's Development Formula -- 6. Fulfilling the Colonial Vision -- Summary and Conclusion -- Epilogue: Policy by Illusion -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index
Summary Morocco's future is threatened politically and economically by a growing agricultural crisis. Will Swearingen locates the roots of this crisis in French dreams for the jewel" of their colonial empire. He demonstrates that, with disastrous results, contemporary Moroccan leaders are fulfilling a colonial vision, implementing policies and plans drafted during the protectorate period. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Morocco -- History
Agriculture and state -- Morocco -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Agriculture and state
Agriculture -- Economic aspects
Morocco
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400858958
140085895X