The Maghreb Review
Title | The Maghreb Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Africa, North |
ISBN |
Majallat Al-Maghrib
Title | Majallat Al-Maghrib PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Africa, North |
ISBN |
The Invention of the Maghreb
Title | The Invention of the Maghreb PDF eBook |
Author | Abdelmajid Hannoum |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2021-06-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108838162 |
Examines how French colonial modernity invented the concept of the Maghreb, making it distinct from Africa and the Middle East.
The Legacy of Muslim Spain
Title | The Legacy of Muslim Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Salma Khadra Jayyusi |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 1164 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789004095991 |
The civilisation of medieval Muslim Spain is perhaps the most brilliant and prosperous of its age and has been essential to the direction which civilisation in medieval Europe took. This volume is the first ever in any language to deal in a really comprehensive manner with all major aspects of Islamic civilisation in medieval Spain.
The Harem, Slavery and British Imperial Culture
Title | The Harem, Slavery and British Imperial Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Robinson-Dunn |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2006-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780719073281 |
This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late-nineteenth century. It considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, and examines the ways in which the assumptions and dominant imperialist discourses of these abolitionists were challenged by the newly-established Muslim communities in England, as well as by English people who converted to or were sympathetic with Islam.
Historical Dictionary of Morocco
Title | Historical Dictionary of Morocco PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas K. Park |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 742 |
Release | 2006-01-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0810865114 |
This book provides a comprehensive introduction, which focuses on Morocco's history, provides a helpful synopsis of the kingdom, and is supplemented with a useful chronology of major events. Hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on former rulers, current leaders, ancient capitals, significant locations, influential institutions, and crucial aspects of the economy, society, culture and religion form the core of the book. A bibliography of sources is included to promote further more specialized study.
The Arabic Manuscript Tradition
Title | The Arabic Manuscript Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Gacek |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2008-04-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004165401 |
The present work supplements the original volume of The Arabic Manuscript Tradition (AMT), both its glossary of technical terms and bibliography. It includes new entries of technical terms, additional definitions of, and/or citations for, the entries already found in AMT, and recent publications on various aspects of Arabic manuscript studies.