North Africa : a history from antiquity to the present
Now with a new afterword that surveys the “North African Spring” uprisings that roiled the region from 2011 to 2013, this is the most comprehensive history of North Africa to date, with accessible, in-depth chapters covering the pre-Islamic period through
Print Book, English, 2015
Revised edition View all formats and editions
University Of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2015
History
xvi, 391 pages : cartes ; 23 cm
9780292761902, 0292761902
1040988217
List of MapsA Note to the ReaderPreface to First EditionPreface to Revised EditionIntroduction1. Ancient North Africa and Its Expansive Civilizations2. Rome and North Africa3. Medieval North Africa: From the Arrival of Islam to the Berber Empires4. The Almoravid and the Almohad Empires and Their Successor States5. Turkish Ascendance and Moroccan Independence6. European Colonialism in North Africa7. The Decolonization of North Africa8. Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia9. Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, and Western SaharaConclusion. The Peril and Promise of North AfricaAfterword. The North African SpringNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex