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

A Slave Between Empires

A Transimperial History of North Africa

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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.

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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 is associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies at Princeton University and full professor at Sciences Po, Paris. He is the author of Esclaves et maîtres: Les mamelouks au service des beys de Tunis du XVIIe siècle aux années 1880 (2011).

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