Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800–1900 (California World History Library #15)

Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800–1900 (California World History Library #15)

Julia A. Clancy-Smith
$34.95
Publication Date: September 30th, 2012
Publisher:
University of California Press
ISBN:
9780520274433
Pages:
468
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Description

Today labor migrants mostly move south to north across the Mediterranean. Yet in the nineteenth century thousands of Europeans and others moved south to North Africa, Egypt, and the Levant. This study of a dynamic borderland, the Tunis region, offers the fullest picture to date of the Mediterranean before, and during, French colonialism. In a vibrant examination of people in motion, Julia A. Clancy-Smith tells the story of countless migrants, travelers, and adventurers who traversed the Mediterranean, changing it forever. Who were they? Why did they leave home? What awaited them in North Africa? And most importantly, how did an Arab-Muslim state and society make room for the newcomers? Combining fleeting facts, tales of success and failure, and vivid cameos, the book gives a groundbreaking view of one of the principal ways that the Mediterranean became modern.

About the Author

Julia Clancy-Smith is Professor of History at the University of Arizona. She is the author of the award-winning Rebel and Saint: Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (UC Press), among other books.

Praise for Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800–1900 (California World History Library #15)

“Exceptional and magisterial. . . . This book is an embarrassment of riches.”
— American Historical Review

“The importance and relevance of this book cannot be underestimated.”
— Reviews In History

“The book is replete with fascinating details about life in a multicultural and politically precarious city.”
— Choice

“Clancy-Smith is forging new vistas and prospects for future historical research.”
— Journal Of African History

“Clancy-Smith’s remarkable monograph sheds light on the myriad facets that makes the area so beguiling.”
— Journal Of Colonial & Colonialism History

“Julia A. Clancy-Smith deserves great credit. . . . Mediterraneans is a work of fundamental importance.”
— Christian Windler* Universität Bern

“There is little doubt that [this book] will become a standard for historical scholarship about the Maghrib and the Mediterranean.”
— Brock Cutler

“This book may well remain as a cornerstone for future research.”
— Adam Mestyan

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