Decolonization of Rural Libya∗

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ID8375599
AuthorsGary L Fowler (University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume63
Issue4
Pages490-506
Publication date1973-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8306.1973.tb00943.x
OpenAlexW2092596762
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited2

Italians held large areas of the better agricultural land in Libya in 1940. Although the colonists in Cyrenaica were evacuated prior to British occupation, the majority of those in Tripolitania remained to face an uncertain future under British and then Libyan administration. The pace of land transfers accelerated after the 1956 Italo-Libyan Accord and spread from planned settlements to private farms and estates. By 1964, Libyans controlled practically all former Italian lands. KEY WORDS: Agricultural colonizationBritish AdministrationLand tenureLibyaUnited Nations. Notes ∗ This study was supported by a research grant from the Foreign Area Fellowship Program. Field research was assisted by Mr. Sadik Sgaier, Undersecretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Director, Sidi Al Masri Agricultural Experiment Station, Tripoli; Professor A. Marassi, Director, Overseas Agricultural Institute, Florence; and Mr. W. T. Wright, Foreign Office, London. I am also grateful to Dr. Morroe Berger, Princeton University, for his comments on an earlier draft of this paper; and to Dr. D. W. Meinig, Syracuse University, for his guidance

Decolonization · Geography · Political science · Politics · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Global Political and Social Dynamics

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