Mediterraneans : North Africa and Europe in an age of migration, c. 1800-1900 / Julia A. Clancy-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clancy-Smith, Julia Ann.

Series:

California World History Library

The California world history library ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europeans--Tunisia--Tunis--History--19th century.

Europeans.

North Africans--Tunisia--Tunis--History--19th century.

North Africans.

Immigrants--Tunisia--Tunis--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

Tunis (Tunisia)--History--19th century.

Tunis (Tunisia).

Algeria--History--19th century.

Algeria.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Europe.

Africa, North--Relations--Europe.

Africa, North.

Europe--Relations--Africa, North.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Africa? And most importantly, how did an Arab-Muslim state and society make room for the newcomers? Combining fleeting facts, tales of success and failure, and vivid cameos, the book gives a groundbreaking view of one of the principal ways that the Mediterranean became modern.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

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

8. Where Elites Meet: Households, Harim Visits, and Sea Bathing

9. Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and a Mediterranean Community of Thought

Epilogue: Fetched Up on the Maghrib's Shores

Notes

Glossary

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-432) and index.

ISBN:

9780520947740

0520947746

OCLC:

727647686