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A Slave Between Empires – A Transimperial History of North Africa

Autor M`hamed Oualdi
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 feb 2020
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. M’hamed Oualdi investigates Husayn’s transimperial life and the posthumous battle over his fortune to recover the transnational dimensions of North African history.
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ISBN-13: 9780231191869
ISBN-10: 0231191863
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 168 x 232 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press

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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