The Maghrib in Question : : Essays in History and Historiography / / ed. by Kenneth Perkins, Michel Le Gall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bergaoui, Sami,; Brown, L. Carl,; Carlier, Omar,; Chapoutot-Remadi, Mounira,; Clancy-Smith, Julia,; El Mansour, Mohamed,; El Moudden, Abderrahmane,; Le Gall, Michel,; Mahjoubi, Ammar,; Messier, Ronald A.,; Perkins, Kenneth,; Rollman, Wilfrid J.,; Touati, Houari,
• HerausgeberIn: Le Gall, Michel,; Perkins, Kenneth,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 p.)

A wealth of historical writing dealing with the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) has been published during the roughly forty years since European colonial control ended in the region. This book provides a "state of the field" survey of this postcolonial Maghribi historiography. The book contains thirteen essays by leading Maghribi and North American scholars. The first section surveys the Maghrib as a whole; the second focuses on individual countries of the Maghrib; and the third explores theoretical issues and case studies. Cutting across chronological categories, the book encompasses historiographical writing dealing with all eras, from the ancient Maghrib to the contemporary period.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: RECONNOITERING THE TERRAIN -- 1. Maghrib Historiography: The Unit of Analysis Problem -- 2 Reflections on the Historiography of the Ancient Maghrib -- 3 Thirty Years of Research on the History of the Medieval Maghrib -- 4 Some Reflections on Recent Trends in the Study of Modern North African History -- PART II: MODERN HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 5 Algerian Historiography in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: From Chronicle to History -- 6 Forging the Nation-State: Some Issues in the Historiography of Modern Libya -- 7 Moroccan Historiography since Independence -- 8 Recent Historiography of the Colonial Period in North Africa: The "Copernican Revolution" and Beyond -- 9 Scholars and Politicians: An Examination of the Algerian View of Algerian Nationalism -- PART III: THEORETICAL ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES -- 10 Rereading Medieval Sources through Multidisciplinary Glasses -- 11 The Eighteenth Century: A Poor Relation in the Historiography of Morocco -- 12 An Aspect of Tunisian Historiography in the Modern and Contemporary Periods: Research in the Notarial Archives -- 13 The Maghrib and the Mediterranean World in the Nineteenth Century: Illicit Exchanges, Migrants, and Social Marginals -- Conclusion: Toward an Authentic and Balanced Historical Perspective -- Contributors to this Collection -- List of Abbreviations