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  • Worlds of Islam

    A Global History

    by James McDougall ...
    **A sweeping global history of Islam, tracing the 1,400-year evolution of a diverse community of faith and its place in the modern world“Anyone who wants to understand not just the past of Islam but its present and future should read Worlds of Islam.”—Reza Aslan, author of No god but God**From its birth in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has been a faith on the move. Over the span of a thousand ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Saharan Frontiers

    Space and Mobility in Northwest Africa

    Edited by James McDougall, Judith Scheele ...
    Series series Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
    "Makes a compelling case for the importance of Saharan history, both in its own right and in its articulations with the histories of other regions." — American EthnologistThe 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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Algeria

    by James McDougall ...
    Covering a period of five hundred years, from the arrival of the Ottomans to the aftermath of the Arab uprisings, James McDougall presents an expansive new account of the modern history of Africa's largest country. Drawing on substantial new scholarship and over a decade of research, McDougall places Algerian society at the centre of the story, tracing the continuities and the resilience of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Global and Local in Algeria and Morocco

    The World, The State and the Village

    Edited by James McDougall, Robert P. Parks ...
    This book brings together contributors across the disciplines to examine the local, national, regional and global processes that have shaped Maghribi societies, economies and politics since the colonial period.Focusing equally on the local shape of global processes and on the broader significance of particular ‘ways of doing things’, these studies move beyond generalisations about globalisation ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Nation, Society and Culture in North Africa

    Edited by James McDougall ...
    Series series History and Society in the Islamic World
    The essays in this volume explore the complexities of the relationship between states, social groups and individuals in contemporary North Africa, as expressed through the politics, culture and history of nationhood. From Morocco to Libya, from bankers to refugees, from colonialism to globalisation, a range of individual studies examines how North Africans have imagined and made their world in the ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

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    Worlds of Islam

    A Global History

    by James McDougall ...
    Narrated by James McDougall ...

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    19 hours 1 min

    **A sweeping global history of Islam, tracing the 1,400-year evolution of a diverse community of faith and its place in the modern world“Anyone who wants to understand not just the past of Islam but its present and future should read Worlds of Islam.”—Reza Aslan, author of No god but God**From its birth in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has been a faith on the move. Over the span of a thousand ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States

    by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman ...
    Like many indigenous groups that have endured centuries of subordination, the Berber/Amazigh peoples of North Africa are demanding linguistic and cultural recognition and the redressing of injustices. Indeed, the movement seeks nothing less than a refashioning of the identity of North African states, a rewriting of their history, and a fundamental change in the basis of collective life. In so ... Read more

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  • The People Want

    A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising

    by Gilbert Achcar ...
    Translated by G. M. Goshgarian ...
    'The people want' - thus began the slogans chanted by millions of protesters in 2011 in what was dubbed the 'Arab Spring'. ?While the protests revealed a long-suppressed craving for democracy, they also laid bare a deep structural crisis. In this landmark work, Middle East analyst Gilbert Achcar examines the socio-economic roots and political dynamics of the regional upheaval. He assesses the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nationalisms and Politics in Turkey

    Political Islam, Kemalism and the Kurdish Issue

    Edited by Marlies Casier, Joost Jongerden ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    This book examines some of the most pressing issues facing the Turkish political establishment, in particular the issues of political Islam, and Kurdish and Turkish nationalisms. The authors explore the rationales of the main political actors in Turkey in order to increase our understanding of the ongoing debates over the secularist character of the Turkish Republic and over Turkey’s longstanding ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Civil War in Syria

    Mobilization and Competing Social Orders

    by Adam Baczko, Gilles Dorronsoro, Arthur Quesnay ...
    Series series Problems of International Politics
    In 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and the PKK and radical jihadist groups rose to prominence. In just a few years, Syria turned into a full-scale civil war involving major regional and ... Read more

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  • Our fighting sisters

    Nation, memory and gender in Algeria, 1954–2012

    by Natalya Vince ...
    Between 1954 and 1962, Algerian women played a major role in the struggle to end French rule in one of the twentieth century’s most violent wars of decolonisation. This is the first in-depth exploration of what happened to these women after independence in 1962. Based on new oral history interviews with women who participated in the war in a wide range of roles, from urban bombers to members of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Contemporary Morocco

    State, Politics and Society under Mohammed VI

    Edited by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Daniel Zisenwine ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    Discussions of the unsettled political and social landscapes in the Middle East and North Africa frequently point to Morocco as an exception. An Arab League member-state, Morocco enjoys a favorable image in the West, seemingly combining a healthy and balanced mix of tradition and modernity, authenticity with openness to foreign cultures, political stability and evolution towards greater pluralism, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD