Karim Bejjit

English Colonial Texts on Tangier, 1661-1684

Imperialism and the Politics of Resistance

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Produktbeschreibung

This critical edition presents a remarkable collection of 18 Restoration pamphlets dealing with the English occupation of Tangier. In an extensive original introduction, Karim Bejjit narrates the various stages of the colonial venture in Tangier, and critically analyses both the British historiography and current scholarship on the subject. Read c

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780367880958
• ISBN-10: 0367880954
• Artikelnr.: 58440018

Autorenporträt

Karim Bejjit is Associate Professor of English at the University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Beginnings (1661-1666): A proclamation declaring His Majesties
pleasure to settle and establish a free port at his city of Tangier in
Africa. A description of Tangier, the country and people adjoyning. A brief
relation of the present state of Tangier. The Moors baffled. Articles of
peace. Part 2 Apologias (1676-1679): The present state of Tangier. A
discourse touching Tangier. The present interest of Tangier. A short
account of the progress of the mole at Tangier. The present danger of
Tangier. Part 3 Crisis (1680): An exact journal of the Siege of Tangier. A
particular relation of the late success of His Majesties forces at Tangier
against the Moors. A particular narrative of a great engagement. Great and
bloody news from Tangier. Part 4 Departure (1681-1684): The last account
from Fez. A letter from Tangier concerning the death of Jonas Rowland the
Renegade. A letter from Tangier to a friend in London. Tangier's
lamentation.