Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in the Maghrib

ALI ABDULLATIF AHMIDA is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New England, USA.

• Introduction; A.A.Ahmida Theorizing the History of Colonialism and Nationalism in the Arab Maghrib; E.Burke, III Society, Colonialism and State Formation in Tunisia and Libya; A.A.Ahmida Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Invention of Ancient Egypt; E.Cola The Nation State and the Problem of Frontiers in the Maghrib; K.Benson Post-Colonialism and the Study of Arab Folklore; A.Ayoub Oral Traditions and the Reproduction of Colonial Ideology in Algeria Moroccan Soldiers: Between Selective Memory and Collective Memory; D. Maghraoui Islamism and the Recolonization of Algeria; M.Lazreg Economic Reform and Tunisia's Hegemonic Party: The End of the Administrative Elite; S.J.King Political Science Without Clothes: The Politics of Dress or Contesting the Spatiality of the State in Egypt; M.Fandy Gendered Nationalism in the Maghrib; M.Fayad Identity, Cultural Encounter, and Alienation in the Trilogy of the Libyan Writer Ahmad Ibrahiim al-Faqih; A.A.Ahmida An Agenda for Future Research; A.A.Ahmida

'This diverse and stimulating collection of essays on North Africa...is a thoughtful and intriguing set of contributions...' - African Studies Review 'The strength of this collection is in its comprehensive approach, embracing as it does the historical, political, and cultural elements...' - Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History '...there is undoubtedly enough here to give students of Maghribi history food for thought.' - Arab Studies Journal