ISBN:
9780253001313
,
0253001315
,
0253001242
,
9780253001245
,
9780253001269
,
0253001269
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (306 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als McDougall, James Saharan Frontiers : Space and Mobility in Northwest Africa
DDC:
304.820966
Keywords:
Africans Migrations
;
Sahara
;
Trade routes Sahara
;
Africans Migrations
;
Trade routes
;
Africa, North Relations
;
Africa, West
;
Africa, West Relations
;
Africa, North
;
Sahara Emigration and immigration
;
Sahara Ethnic relations
;
History
;
Social Science
;
Trade routes
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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Emigration and immigration
;
Ethnic relations
;
International relations
;
Africans ; Migrations
;
Sahara Emigration and immigration
;
Sahara Ethnic relations
;
Africa, North Relations
;
Africa, West
;
Africa, West Relations
;
Africa, North
;
Africa, North
;
Africa, West
;
Sahara
;
Africa, West Relations
;
Sahara Emigration and immigration
;
Sahara Ethnic relations
;
Africa, North Relations
;
West Africa
;
Sahara
;
North Africa
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Online-Publikation
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
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 "shore
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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