TY - THES A3 - Caruana de las Cagigas, Leonardo AU - Elharti, Mehdi A4 - Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica PY - 2017 SN - 9788491635833 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/48472 AB - This thesis develops on previous work on Moroccan economic history as it attempts to analyze the fundamental causes of Morocco’s precolonial stagnation. For this purpose, I examine the various modernization programs attempted by Moroccan sultans in... AB - - demographic inferiority as a result of recurring famines and epidemics AB - - the predatory nature of the central government AB - - the complacency of the religious establishment and its reactionary attitude toward Western-inspired modernization AB - - the tribal structure of rural society AB - - the harsh war indemnities imposed by Spain and the system of consular protection which weakened public finances and exacerbated the tax burden on peasants leading to rural rebellions AB - The five factors serve as a guiding map in constructing Morocco’s precolonial economic stagnation. They help narrow and organize a broad spectrum of issues in the inquiry. Furthermore, I use the five factors to turn the analysis of... LA - eng PB - Universidad de Granada KW - Marruecos KW - Desarrollo económico y social KW - Industrialización KW - Precolonialismo KW - Política internacional KW - Economía KW - Historia TI - Fundamental obstacles to modernization in precolonial Morocco: Geography, institutions and culture M3 - info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis ER -