Mediterraneans

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-520-27443-3
Verlag: University Of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 468 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

Reihe: California World History Library

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clancy Smith, Julia A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Maps

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Note on Transliteration

Introduction: Peoplings

1. Arrival: Tunis the “Well-Protected”

2. Detours: Migrations in a Mobile World

3. Making a Living: Domestic Service and Other Forms of Employment

4. Making a Living: Petty Commerce, Places of Sociability, and the Down-and-Out

5. Making a Living: The Sea, Contraband, and Other Illicit Activities

6. From Protection to Protectorate: Justice, Order, and Legal Pluralism

7. Muslim Princes and Trans-Mediterranean Missionaries

8. Where Elites Meet: Households, Harim Visits, and Sea Bathing

9. Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and a Mediterranean Community of Thought

Epilogue: Fetched Up on the Maghrib’s Shores

Notes

Glossary

Select Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.