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Saharan frontiers : space and mobility in Northwest Africa /
The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbors. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand Braudel's d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbors. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand Braudel's description of the Sahara as "the second face of the Mediterranean." The essays recast the history of the region with the Sahara at its center, uncovering a story of densely interdependent networks that span the desert's vast expanse. They explore the relationship between the desert's "islands" and "shores" and the connections and commonalities that unite the region. Contributors draw on extensive ethnographic and historical research to address topics such as trade and migration; local notions of place, territoriality, and movement; Saharan cities; and the links among ecological, regional, and world-historical approaches to understanding the Sahara. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253001313 0253001315 1280596473 9781280596476 9786613626301 6613626309 |