| Through Foreign Eyes: Western Attitudes Toward North Africa Contributor(s): Heggoy, Alf Andrew (Author), Miller, Aurie H. (Author), Cooke, James J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819121827 ISBN-13: 9780819121820 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $70.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1982 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 961.03 |
| LCCN: 81043474 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.58 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A collection of essays designed to explore the nature and causes of misconceived and often misguided western attitudes towards the people and institutions of North Africa over a period of roughly one and a half centuries. Throughout their essays, the contributors highlight the double standards of previous western authors about the Maghrib, noting their emphasis on North African superstitions and cruelties and their failure to compare them with those practiced in the European world. |