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Saharan Frontiers [Elektronische Ressource] : Space and Mobility in Northwest Africa

McDougall, James,i1974- ; Scheele, Judith,i1978-

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2012

306 p.

Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa

Description based upon print version of record

978-0-253-00124-5

 

f Online-Publikation  f Aufsatzsammlung  Sahara  Mobilität  Migration  Kulturkontakt  Handel 

 

Online-Ausg.: Ann Arbor : Proquest

Online-Ressource

978-0-253-00131-3

 

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...