The Invention of the Maghreb: Between Africa and the Middle East

by Abdelmajid Hannoum

Book Overview

Under French colonial rule, the region of the Maghreb emerged as distinct from two other geographical entities that, too, are colonial inventions: the Middle East and Africa. In this book, Abdelmajid Hannoum demonstrates how the invention of the Maghreb started long before the conquest of Algiers and lasted until the time of independence, and beyond, to our present. Through an interdisciplinary study of French colonial modernity, Hannoum examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110894776X
• ISBN13: 9781108947763
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 8.9"