Examines how French colonial modernity invented the concept of the Maghreb, making it distinct from Africa and the Middle East.

This survey of North African history challenges both conventional attitudes toward North Africa and previously published histories written from the point of vie

The overthrow of the regime of President Ben Ali in Tunisia on 14 January 2011 took the world by surprise. The popular revolt in this small Arab country and the

A richly documented survey of modern Moroccan history that will enthral those searching for the background to present-day events in the region.

This book investigates the intellectual currents among Ottoman and North African scholars of the early modern period.