Historical Dictionary of Morocco
Second Edition
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa #95
Thomas K. Park and Aomar Boum

List Price: $126.50 ISBN: 0-8108-5341-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5341-6 Pub Date: Jan 2006 752 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Area Studies » African Studies
History » African History
Reference » History

REVIEWS
"...a good introduction to anyone beginning to research Moroccan history." — ARBA

DESCRIPTION
The Kingdom of Morocco achieved its independence in 1956 after over 40 years as a French protectorate. Since its independence, it has further expanded its area of control by reclaiming the formerly international city of Tangier as well as annexing Western Sahara from Spain in the 1970s. In 1777, Morocco became the first nation to recognize the United States, and the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship of 1783 is the oldest unbroken friendship treaty with the U.S.

Morocco of the past and present are covered in this second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Morocco. A comprehensive introduction, focusing on its history, provides a helpful synopsis of the kingdom, and is supplemented with a useful chronology of major events. Hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on former rulers, current leaders, ancient capitals, significant locations, influential institutions, and crucial aspects of the economy, society, culture and religion form the core of the book. A bibliography of sources is included to promote further more specialized study.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Thomas K. Park teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

Aomar Boum, a native of M'Hamid oasis of southern Morocco, is a Ph.D candidate in cultural anthropology at the University of Arizona.

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