Historical Dictionary of Mauritania

Professor Christopher Hemmig (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

334 Seiten

2025 | 4th edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-5005-4 (ISBN)

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Focusing on Mauritania, this book contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 400 cross-referenced entries.

Mauritania comprises a diverse mix of ethnicities and cultures, and its paths of political, economic, and social development have proven challenging. In the midst of severe environmental pressures, regional instabilities, internal divisions of race, ethnicity, and tribe, and wide inequality, Mauritania has nonetheless undergone significant transition and experienced tangible economic growth since 2000. Recent years have brought a fragile sense of stability, but enormous challenges remain.

Historical Dictionary of Mauritania, Fourth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Mauritania.

Christopher Hemmig has been an Instructional Assistant Professor of Arabic in the Department of Global Languages and Cultures at Texas A&M University since 2019.

Chronology
Introduction
The Dictionary
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	12.09.2025
Reihe/Serie	Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5381-5005-0 / 1538150050
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-5005-4 / 9781538150054
Zustand	Neuware