The
Berbers and the Islamic State: The Marinid Experience in Pre-Protectorate
Morocco
by Maya Shatzmiller
(Paperback - September 2000)
Casablanca:
Colonial Myths and Architecture Ventures
by Jean-Louis Cohen, Monique Eleb
(Hardcover - February 2003)
Dreams
of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
by Fatima Mernissi
Paperback from Perseus Publishing
Book Published: September, 1995
French
Military Rule in Morocco: Colonialism and Its Consequences
by Moshe Gershovich
Hardcover from Frank Cass & Co
Book Published: May, 2000
The Culture of Islam: Changing Aspects of Contemporary Muslim Life
by Lawrence Rosen
Listed under Islam
Deadly
Embrace: Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War
by Sebastian Balfour
Book Description Combining military, political, cultural, social,
and oral history, Sebastian Balfour narrates for the first time the development
of a brutalised, interventionist army that played a crucial role in the
victory of the Francoists in the Spanish Civil War. Spain's new colonial
venture in Morocco in the early twentieth-century turned into a bloody
war against the tribes resisting the Spanish invasion of their lands. After
suffering a succession of heavy military disasters against some of the
most accomplished guerrillas in the world, the Spanish army turned to chemical
warfare and dropped massive quantities of mustard gas on civilians. Dr
Balfour exposes this previously closely guarded secret using evidence from
Spanish military archives and from survivors in Morocco. He also narrates
the daily life of soldiers in the war as well as the self-images and tensions
among the colonial officers. After looking at the motives that drove Moroccans
to resist or cooperate with Spain, the author describes the contradictory
pictures among Spaniards of Moroccan collaborators and foes. Finally, he
examines the Spanish colonial army's response to the Second Republic of
1931-1936 and its brutal march through Spain in the Civil War.
Hardcover: 360 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x
9.44 x 6.48
Publisher: Oxford University Press; ; (August 2002)
ISBN: 0199252963
The Fabric of Moroccan Life
by Niloo Imami Paydar (Editor), et al
Listed under Textile Arts
Gender
in Transnationalism: Home, Longing and Belonging among Moroccan Migrant
Women
by Ruba Salih
Hardcover from Routledge
Book Published: 01 August, 2003
Historical
Dictionary of Morocco
by Thomas Kerlin Park
Book Description Written by an expert on the peoples of Morocco,
the "Historical Dictionary of Morocco" is an essential reference work to
this important North African country. Its concise dictionary entries describe
the important people, places, events, and institutions of Morocco as well
as its society, culture, economy, and religions.
Hardcover: 544 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.33 x
8.70 x 5.70
Publisher: Scarecrow Press; ; (December 4, 1996)
ISBN: 0810831686
A
Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant
Europe
by Mercedes Garcia-Arenal, Gerard Albert Wiegers, Martin Beagles, David
Nirenberg, Richard Kagan
Hardcover from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Book Published: 15 April, 2003
Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913
by Jack Cowart, Pierre Schneider, John Elderfield
Listed under Matisse
The
Moroccan Goums : Tribal Warriors in a Modern War
by Edward L. Bimberg
Hardcover from Greenwood Publishing Group
Book Published: September, 1999
Morocco
Since 1830: A History
by C. R. Pennell
Book Description The first general history in English of Morocco
in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Morocco since 1830: A History
explores the profound changes that have affected social relations in Morocco
over the last 150 years, especially those between the sexes, and between
linguistic identities and cultures.
Although the country has returned to roughly its pre-colonial boundaries,
Morocco still suffers from the effects of colonization by France and Spain.
Its current king, like the sultans of the nineteenth century, claims legitimacy
through his leadership of the Islamic community, but there is a long tradition
of dissent based on Islamic ideals. Morocco's history is also marked by
the enduring presence of a large Jewish community.
This comprehensive portrait examines the tactics used by Moroccan rulers
to cope with European penetration in the nineteenth century and colonialism
in the twentieth, and, since the 1950s, to retain control of the independent
state. As Pennell points out, however, the ruling dynasty is not sufficiently
representative of modern Morocco, nor are political events the only influence
on change. Most Moroccans are still poor, and their lives are shaped by
their economic circumstances. The influence of harvests, access to land
and water, and external trade have always determined the fate of the majority.
Paperback: 400 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x
8.53 x 5.44
Publisher: New York University Press; ; (March 2001)
ISBN: 0814766773
Morocco
Under King Hassan
by Stephen Hughes
Hardcover: 385 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x
9.75 x 6.50
Publisher: Ithaca; ; 1st edition (January 2001)
ISBN: 0863722857
Morocco:
Jews and Art in a Muslim Land
by Vivian B. Mann (Editor)
(Hardcover - October 2000)
Morocco
(Countries Faces and Places Set E)
by Patrick Merrick
(School & Library Binding - July 2000)
North
African Jewry in the Twentieth Century: The Jews of Morocco, Tunisia, and
Algeria
by Michael M. Laskier
Hardcover from New York University Press
Book Published: August, 1997
Saint
Veneration Among the Jews in Morocco (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore
and Anthropology)
by Isschar Ben-Ami
Hardcover from Wayne State Univ Pr
Book Published: March, 1998
Stolen
Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi.
At the age of 5, Malika Oufkir, eldest daughter of General Oufkir,
was adopted by King Muhammad V of Morocco and sent to live in the palace
as part of the royal court. There she led a life of unimaginable privilege
and luxury alongside the king's own daughter. King Hassan II ascended the
throne following Muhammad V's death, and in 1972 General Oufkir was found
guilty of treason after staging a coup against the new regime, and was
summarily executed. Immediately afterward, Malika, her mother, and her
five siblings were arrested and imprisoned, despite having no prior knowledge
of the coup attempt.
They were first held in an abandoned fort, where they ate moderately
well and were allowed to keep some of their fine clothing and books. Conditions
steadily deteriorated, and the family was eventually transferred to a remote
desert prison, where they suffered a decade of solitary confinement, torture,
starvation, and the complete absence of sunlight. Oufkir's horrifying descriptions
of the conditions are mesmerizing, particularly when contrasted with her
earlier life in the royal court, and many graphic images will long haunt
readers. Finally, teetering on the edge of madness and aware that they
had been left to die, Oufkir and her siblings managed to tunnel out using
their bare hands and teaspoons, only to be caught days later. Her account
of their final flight to freedom makes for breathtaking reading. Stolen
Lives is a remarkable book of unfathomable deprivation and the power of
the human will to survive.
Hardcover: 293 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.05 x
9.56 x 6.32
Publisher: Talk Miramax Books; ; (May 16, 2001)
ISBN: 0786868619
The
Sultan's Jew
by Daniel J. Schroeter
(Hardcover - October 2002)
Younger
Than That Now: A Peace Corps Volunteer Remembers Morocco
by Michael Moran
(Paperback - August 1994)
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