Classifications linguistiques et anthropologiques de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris au XIXe siècle

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ID3611091
AuthorsKarim Haoui (corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume33
Issue129
Pages51-72
Publication date1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/cea.1993.2073
OpenAlexW2092783938
LanguageFR
Citations received7

A. Thomson - Early 19th- Century Racial Classifications in Northern Africa. Most of those who wrote about 18th-century Northern Africa tried to classify inhabitants by using criteria of language, housing, physical traits, etc. By the 19th century, Arabs and Berbers were seen as two distinct groups; but there were still several classifications based on a variety of criteria. These Systems, particularly those used in Algeria at the time of the 1830 French expedition, are examined, as well as the names used to identify population groups and the cultural or biological criteria underlying classifications. The texts in English, French, German, etc., that are reviewed have not been written by physical anthropologists. Though not directly concerned with classification problems, they shed light on the approach adopted by the 19th-century anthropologists who drew up taxinomies. Similar-ities and differences with the texts left by previous observers are pointed out

Archaeology · Art · Biological anthropology · Ethnology · Geography · German · Humanities · Population · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Anthropology · Demography · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis

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