The History of the Maghrib: An Interpretive Essay

Abdallah Laroui

Published by Princeton University Press 1977

The History of the Maghrib

An Interpretive Essay

Abdallah Laroui
Translated by: Ralph Manheim

Volume 1418 in the series Princeton Studies on the Near East

In the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400869985

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This survey of North African history challenges both conventional attitudes toward North Africa and previously published histories written from the point of view of Western scholarship. The book aims, in Professor Laroui's words, "to give from within a decolonized vision of North African history just as the present leaders of the Maghrib are trying to modernize the economic and social structure of the country."

The text is divided into four parts: the origins of the Islamic conquest; the stages of Islamization; the breakdown of central authority from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries; and the advent of colonial rule. Drawing on the methods of sociology and political science as well as traditional and modern historical approaches, the author stresses the evolution marked by these four stages and the internal forces that affected it.

Until now, the author contends, North African history has been written either by colonial administrators and politicians concerned to defend foreign rule, or by nationalist ideologues. Both used an old-fashioned historiography, he asserts, focusing on political events, dynastic conflicts, and theological controversies. Here, Abdallah Laroui seeks to present the viewpoint of a Maghribi concerning the history of his own country, and to relate this history to the present structure of the region.

Originally published in 1977.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. The Maghrib under Domination
1. The Search for Origins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Colonizer Follows Colonizer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. Conqueror Succeeds Conqueror Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
4. The Winning of Autonomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
PART II. The Imperial Maghrib
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
5. Islam and Commerce: The Ninth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6. Eastern Forces for Unity: The Fatimid and Zrrid Ventures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
7. Western Forces for Unity: The Almoravid Venture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
8. Western Forces for Unity: The Almohad Venture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
9. The Failure of the Imperial Idea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
PART III. Institutional Stagnation
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11. Two Reactions, Two Powers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
12. The Eve of Foreign Intervention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
PART IV. The Colonial Maghrib
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13. Colonial Pressure and Primary Resistance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
14. The Triumph of Colonialism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
15. The Renascent Maghrib Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	348
Conclusion Heritage and Recovery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423