ISBN:
9780520947740
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0520947746
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Clancy-Smith, Julia A . Mediterraneans : North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800-1900
DDC:
304.8/611
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1900
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Geschichte 1800-1900
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History
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Social Science
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
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HISTORY / Middle East / General
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Geschichte
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Europeans History 19th century
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North Africans History 19th century
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ImmigrantsTunisia History 19th century
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Migration
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Naher Osten
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Europa
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Nordafrika
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Europa
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Nordafrika
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Migration
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Geschichte 1800-1900
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 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
Description / Table of Contents:
8. Where Elites Meet: Households, Harim Visits, and Sea Bathing9. Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and a Mediterranean Community of Thought; Epilogue: Fetched Up on the Maghrib's Shores; Notes; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
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 Afric
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