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Morocco that was

Morocco that was

Walter B Harris

Paperback

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryAnthropologyTravel Writing

ISBN10: 9353603846
ISBN13: 9789353603847
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.84 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before package tours and paved highways, Walter B. Harris travelled deep into a Morocco on the brink of upheaval and set down what he saw with a reporter's eye and a storyteller's instinct. Morocco pulses through these pages. In this classic travel writing, first published in the early twentieth century, Harris chronicles the courts, caravan towns and remote strongholds of a country still ruled by sultans, tribal allegiances and intricate codes of honour. Part historical travel memoir, part north Africa travelogue, Morocco That Was captures the textures of everyday life, the shifting balance between tradition and foreign pressure, and the complexities of Moroccan history and culture at the dawn of the twentieth century. Written from close observation rather than distant theory, Harris's portrait of early 20th century north Africa has become a key source for understanding north African social history and the politics of contact between Europe and the Maghreb. Its sharp, humane sketches of people and places speak both to armchair travel readers seeking a vivid sense of early 1900s Morocco and to north Africa history students looking for a primary voice from the period. For Gertrude Bell readers and admirers of maghreb travel and history, this Morocco That Was classic stands beside the great narratives of exploration and encounter. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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