North Africa : a history from antiquity to the present
Title:
North Africa : a history from antiquity to the present
Summary:
North Africa has been a vital crossroads throughout history, serving as a connection between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Paradoxically, however, the region's historical significance has been chronically underestimated. In a book that may lead scholars to reimagine the concept of Western civilization, incorporating the role North African peoples played in shaping "the West," Phillip Naylor describes a locale whose transcultural heritage serves as a crucial hinge, politically, economically, and socially.
Edition:
Revised edition.
Contents:
List of Maps -- A Note to the Reader -- Preface -- Introduction -- Ancient North Africa and Its Expansive Civilizations -- Rome and North Africa -- Medieval North Africa From the Arrival of Islam to the Berber Empires -- The Almoravid and the Almohad Empires and Their Successor States -- Turkish Ascendance and Moroccan Independence -- European Colonialism in North Africa -- The Decolonization of North Africa -- Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia -- Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa Algeria, Morocco, and Western Sahara -- Conclusion The Peril and Promise of North Africa -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Physical Description:
xvi, 391 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
University of Texas Press,
Publication Date:
2015
ISBN:
9780292761902
Publication Information:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Call Number:
961 NAYLOR