M'hamed Oualdi (Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies and His

A Slave Between Empires

A Transimperial History of North Africa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a life crossing empires. Mà â â hamed Oualdi investigates Husaynà â â s transimperial life and the posthumous battle over his fortune to recover the transnational dimensions of North African history.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9780231191869
• ISBN-10: 0231191863
• Artikelnr.: 56732008

Autorenporträt

M'hamed Oualdi

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction: A North African Land and Its Ottoman and Colonial Legacies
1. Husayn: An Ottoman Reformer and a Product of Ottoman Reforms
2. Husayn's Wealth: How to Build and Protect an Estate Between Empires
3. A World of "Affairs": Litigation as a Tool for Negotiation
4. The Diplomatic Conflicts Over Husayn's Estate: Ottoman and Italian
Interventions
5. Sovereigns, Mothers, and Creditors: The Agency of Husayn's Potential
Heirs
6. Husayn's Legacies in Colonial Tunisia: An Epilogue
Conclusion: Local and Imperial Histories of the Maghreb
Select Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index