List of Illustrations and Maps Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Note on Transliteration Introduction: Peoplings 1. Arrival: Tunis the "Well-Protected" 2. Detours: Migrations in a Mobile World 3. Making a Living: Domestic Service and Other Forms of Employment 4. Making a Living: Petty Commerce, Places of Sociability, and the Down-and-Out 5. Making a Living: The Sea, Contraband, and Other Illicit Activities 6. From Protection to Protectorate: Justice, Order, and Legal Pluralism 7. Muslim Princes and Trans-Mediterranean Missionaries 8. Where Elites Meet: Households, Harim Visits, and Sea Bathing 9. Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and a Mediterranean Community of Thought Epilogue: Fetched Up on the Maghrib's Shores Notes Glossary Select Bibliography Index
Julia Clancy-Smith is Professor of History at the University of Arizona. She is the author of the award-winning Rebel and Saint: Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (UC Press), among other books.
"Exceptional and magisterial... This book is an embarrassment of riches." American Historical Review "The importance and relevance of this book cannot be underestimated." Reviews In History "The book is replete with fascinating details about life in a multicultural and politically precarious city." Choice "Clancy-Smith is forging new vistas and prospects for future historical research." Journal Of African History "There is little doubt that [this book] will become a standard for historical scholarship about the Maghrib and the Mediterranean." -- Brock Cutler Bltn Of Sch Of Oriental & African Stds "This book may well remain as a cornerstone for future research." -- Adam Mestyan European Review Of History/Revue Europeenne D'histoire "Julia A. Clancy-Smith deserves great credit... Mediterraneans is a work of fundamental importance." -- Christian Windler* Universitat Bern Journal Of Modern History "Clancy-Smith's remarkable monograph sheds light on the myriad facets that makes the area so beguiling." Journal Of Colonial & Colonialism History
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