{"product_id":"inventing-the-berbers-9780812225242","title":"Inventing the Berbers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] masterly reading that is undoubtedly necessary for understanding the history of the medieval and contemporary Maghrib, as well as for its anthropologists and philologists. It involves a lesson in methodology for approaching and reflecting on written sources, but also in maturity, critical thinking, and exposition of ideas. It is an update that provides a profound analysis of the historical term. \u003ci\u003eInventing the Berbers\u003c\/i\u003e has become perhaps the most up-todate work that has not invented the Berbers.\" * \u003ci\u003eComitatus\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eInventing the Berbers\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential contribution to the history of the Maghrib, not only in the Middle Ages, but in our own time as well. It will, no doubt, be controversial, for it touches on issues of colonial historiography and ethnic definition that remain politically sensitive, especially in Algeria and Morocco. But Ramzi Rouighi's arguments are firmly grounded in the sources-and are overwhelmingly convincing.\" * Dominique Valérian, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. MEDIEVAL ORIGINS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Berberization and Its Origins\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Making Berbers\u003cbr\u003e PART II. GENEOLOGY AND HOMELAND\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Berber People\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Maghrib and the Land of the Berbers\u003cbr\u003e PART III. MODERN MEDIEVAL BERBERS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Modern Origins\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Beacons, Guides, and Marked Paths\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865980154199,"sku":"9780812225242","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812225242.jpg?v=1722276480","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inventing-the-berbers-9780812225242","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}