Long regarded as the preserve of French scholars and Francophone audiences due to its significance to France's colonial empire, North Africa is increasingly recognized for its own singular importance as a crossover region. Situated where Islamic, Mediterranean, African, and European histories intersect, the Maghrib has long acted as a cultural conduit, mediator and broker. From the medieval era, when the oasis of Sijilmasa in the Moroccan wilderness funnelled caravan loads of gold into international networks, through the 16th century when two superpowers, the Ottomans and the Spanish Hapsburgs, battled for mastery of the Mediterranean along the North African frontier, and well into the 20th century which witnessed one of Africa's cruellest wars unfold in "French Algeria", the Maghrib has retained its uniqueness as a place where worlds meet.
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- The Walled Arab City in Literature, Architecture and History: The Living Medina in the Maghrib (History and Society in the Islamic World) by Susan Slyomovics in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria (Cambridge Middle East Studies) by James McDougall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Murder in Marrakesh: Émile Mauchamp and the French Colonial Adventure by Jonathan G. Katz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nation, Society and Culture in North Africa (History and Society in the Islamic World) by James McDougall in Back Matter
- The Lesser Gods of the Sahara: Social Change and Contested Terrain Indigenous Rights (Cass Series: History and Society in the Islamic World) by Jeremy Keenan in Front Matter
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