André Adam (politician)
André Adam may refer to: * André Adam (academic) (1911–1991), French sociologist specializing in Morocco * André Adam (diplomat) (1936–2016), Belgian diplomat {{Human name disambiguation, Adam, Andre ...
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André Adam (academic)
André Clément Henri Adam (30 July 1911, in Saint-Lô – 2 July 1991, in Veulettes-sur-Mer) was a French colonial researcher and professor specialized in the social sciences, letters, Arabic, and North Africa. He wrote extensively on Casablanca, Morocco, publishing a two volume study of the city's transformation with contact with the west entitled '' Casablanca: essai sur la transformation de la société marocaine au contact de l'Occident'', and a general history of the city up to 1914 entitled '' Histoire de Casablanca: des origines à 1914''. Education He studied literature at l’École normale supérieure (1933), earned a diploma from l’École libre des sciences politiques (1935), and earned an Agrégation de Lettres (1936). He also held a certification in Standard Arabic from '' L’Institut des hautes-études marocaines'' (1942), and a in letters and human sciences from Paris-Sorbonne University with high honors (1968). Career He was appointed to work for the ' ...
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