Historical Dictionary of Tunisia

Kenneth J. Perkins (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

436 Seiten

2016 | 3rd edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7317-7 (ISBN)

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The demographically modest, but strategically significant, country of Tunisia has experienced profound and revolutionary change in the almost two decades since the publication of the previous edition of this volume (1997). Most dramatically, a populist uprising in 2011 ousted the entrenched dictatorship whose two heads had successively presided over the country since independence from France in 1956. As Tunisians celebrated this achievement, they inspired similar movements elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa, giving rise to an “Arab Spring” that held out hope for the introduction of transformational innovations in democratic concepts and institutions across the region. Sadly, however, powerful forces of the status quo thwarted these efforts in country after country. But in Tunisia itself, a more hopeful scenario unfolded. In the fall of 2011, elections to a constituent assembly that international observers characterized as free and fair, gave the major Islamic party a plurality of the votes and set Tunisia on a course of participatory democracy.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Tunisia contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Tunisia.

Kenneth J. Perkins is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and North African history at the University of South Carolina. He is a specialist in the history of the Maghrib and the Sudan and the author of several books on these subjects.

Editor's Foreword
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Map
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	28.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 239 mm
Gewicht	830 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4422-7317-8 / 1442273178
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-7317-7 / 9781442273177
Zustand	Neuware