In this first in-depth study of the ruling family of Tunisia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Kallander investigates the palace as a site of familial and political significance. Through ...extensive archival research, she elucidates the domestic economy of the palace as well as the changing relationship between the ruling family of Tunis and the government, thus revealing how the private space of the palace mirrored the public political space.
"Instead of viewing the period as merely a precursor to colonial occupation and the nation-state as emphasized in precolonial or nationalist histories, this narrative moves away from images of stagnation and dependency to insist upon dynamism," Kallander explains. She delves deep into palace dynamics, comparing them to those of monarchies outside of the Ottoman Empire to find persuasive evidence of a global modernity. She demonstrates how upper-class Muslim women were active political players, exerting their power through displays of wealth such as consumerism and philanthropy. Ultimately, she creates a rich view of the Husaynid dynastic culture that will surprise many, and stimulate debate and further research among scholars of Ottoman Tunisia.
The Arab Spring began and ended with Tunisia. In a region beset by brutal repression, humanitarian disasters, and civil war, Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution alone gave way to a peaceful transition to a ...functioning democracy. Within four short years, Tunisians passed a progressive constitution, held fair parliamentary elections, and ushered in the country's first-ever democratically elected president. But did Tunisia simply avoid the misfortunes that befell its neighbors, or were there particular features that set the country apart and made it a special case?InTunisia: An Arab Anomaly, Safwan M. Masri explores the factors that have shaped the country's exceptional experience. He traces Tunisia's history of reform in the realms of education, religion, and women's rights, arguing that the seeds for today's relatively liberal and democratic society were planted as far back as the middle of the nineteenth century. Masri argues that Tunisia stands out not as a model that can be replicated in other Arab countries, but rather as an anomaly, as its history of reformism set it on a separate trajectory from the rest of the region. The narrative explores notions of identity, the relationship between Islam and society, and the hegemonic role of religion in shaping educational, social, and political agendas across the Arab region. Based on interviews with dozens of experts, leaders, activists, and ordinary citizens, and a synthesis of a rich body of knowledge, Masri provides a sensitive, often personal, account that is critical for understanding not only Tunisia but also the broader Arab world.
In this groundbreaking work, Ismael Montana fully explicates the complexity of Tunisian society and culture and reveals how abolition was able to occur in an environment hostile to such change. ...Moving beyond typical slave trade studies, he departs from the traditional regional paradigms that isolate slavery in North Africa from its global dynamics to examine the trans-Saharan slave trade in a broader historical context. The result is a study that reveals how European capitalism, political pressure, and evolving social dynamics throughout the western Mediterranean region helped shape this seismic cultural event.
Mediterraneans Julia A. Clancy-Smith
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Today labor migrants mostly move south to north across the Mediterranean. Yet in the nineteenth century thousands of Europeans and others moved south to North Africa, Egypt, and the Levant. This ...study of a dynamic borderland, the Tunis region, offers the fullest picture to date of the Mediterranean before, and during, French colonialism. In a vibrant examination of people in motion, Julia A. Clancy-Smith tells the story of countless migrants, travelers, and adventurers who traversed the Mediterranean, changing it forever. Who were they? Why did they leave home? What awaited them in North Africa? And most importantly, how did an Arab-Muslim state and society make room for the newcomers? Combining fleeting facts, tales of success and failure, and vivid cameos, the book gives a groundbreaking view of one of the principal ways that the Mediterranean became modern.
The Arab Uprisings of 2010 and 2011 had a profound effect on labor politics in the region, with trade unions mobilizing to an extent never before seen. How did these formerly quiescent trade unions ...become militant? What linkages did they make to other social forces during and after the revolutions? And why did Tunisian unions emerge cohesive and influential while Egyptian unions were fractured and lacked influence? Following extensive interviews, Ian M. Hartshorn answers these questions and assesses how unions forged alliances, claimed independence, and cooperated with international groups. Looking at institutions both domestically and internationally, he traces the corporatist collapse and the role of global labor in offering training and new possibilities for disgruntled workers. With special attention to the relationship with rising Islamist powers, he also examines the ways in which political parties tried to use labor, and vice versa, and provides a detailed study of the role of labor in ousting the first Islamist governments.
Under the energetic but confused prodding of the activist ruler Ahmad Bey, Tunisia made its first effort to institute European-inspired political and military reforms. L. Carl Brown's book on the ...reign of Ahmad Bey is thus a case study in modernization as well as a historical survey of Tunisia in the mid-nineteenth century. Professor Brown explains the workings of the traditional political system, an elaborate blend of Hafsid and Ottoman governmental ideas and practices. He explores the ways in which the changes imposed on Tunisia by the West made this system unworkable. Turning to the modernization movement itself, the author argues that the first phase of modernization was almost exclusively in the hands of the existing political elite, whose background, education, career pattern, and self-image he examines. This elite, working within a political climate characterized by a close interweaving of domestic and diplomatic concerns, developed an operating style described as collaborationist modernization. In addition to recapturing in a narrative history the age of Ahmad Bey and the political class over which he ruled, Professor Brown fits the Tunisian story of these years into the broader historical context of change imposed by the West on the rest of the world.
Originally published in 1975.
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Twenty-two ichnogenera and thirty-one ichnospecies have been recorded in the Oligocene–Miocene Numidian Formation of northern Tunisia. Heterolithic successions of thin-bedded turbidite sandstones and ...interchannel mudstones contain the most diverse trace fossil assemblages. Thick- to very thick-bedded structureless sandstones and conglomerates representing the fill of channel complexes contain a low-diversity trace fossil assemblage. The ichnoassemblage in the lower part of the formation (Oligocene), which includes Paleodictyon isp., Scolicia strozzii, Spirorhaphe isp., ?Cosmorhaphe isp. and Halopoa isp., can be ascribed to the Paleodictyon ichnosubfacies of the Nereites ichnofacies. The ichnoassemblage in the upper part of the formation (Miocene: Aquitanian), including Diplocraterion cf. habichi, Scolicia vertebralis and Ophiomorpha isp., is interpreted as the shallower part of the Ophiomorpha rudis ichnosubfacies of the Nereites ichnofacies. The notable switch in ichnofauna between the Oligocene and lower Miocene reflects variation in environmental and depositional conditions. The common occurrence of trace fossils of the Ophiomorpha rudis ichnosubfacies, and Diplocraterion cf. habichi in the early Miocene, indicates an increase in energy level, greater environmental disturbance and probable shallowing. This is also confirmed by a corresponding decrease in the abundance and diversity of benthic foraminifera. The integration of ichnological, sedimentological and microfossil contents has allowed the distinction of two quite distinct geographical depositional settings within the Numidian Formation. The first domain includes the Numidian succession of the Tabarka, Cap-Negro, Cap-Serrat and Bouhertma areas, which are characterised by “distal” turbidites, showing the Paleodictyon ichnosubfacies that is compatible with a lower bathyal depth in the Oligocene and an upper slope depositional environment during the early Miocene.
The second domain includes the NE part of Mogod Mountain (e.g. the Ras El Korane, Jebel Gattous–Zoukar), which exhibit more proximal characteristics compatible with a probable slope canyon interpretation. The southern margin of the Kroumirie (Balta and Zouza areas) and Sejnene area shows a distal setting compared with the Ras El Korane and Jebel Gattous–Zoukar areas. It is ascribed to a mid- to upper slope depositional environment during the Oligocene to early Miocene.
•We focus on trace fossils of the Numidian Formation (NF) in northern Tunisia.•The Oligocene (Zouza Member) of the NF contains the Paleodictyon ichnosubfacies.•The early Miocene (Kroumirie Member) contains the Ophiomorpha rudis ichnosubfacies.•Trace fossils suggest a shallowing-upward and E–W depositional environment variation.•Distribution of trace fossils is related to the interpreted architectural elements.
Daughters of Tunis Holmes-Eber, Paula
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Daughters of Tunis is an innovative ethnography that carefully weaves the words and intimate, personal stories of four Tunisian women and their families with a statistical analysis of women's ...survival strategies in a rapidly urbanizing, industrializing Muslim nation. Delineating three distinct network strategies, Holmes-Eber demonstrates the "public" role of neighborhoods as informal social security systems, and the impact of women's education, class, and migration on women's resources and networks. An engaging, warm, and oftentimes humorous portrait of Muslim women's responses to development, Daughters of Tunis is an exciting new approach to ethnography: merging the historically disparate methods of both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Educational Transitions in Post-Revolutionary Spaces explores the transformation of the education system in Tunisia following the Jasmine Revolution, the first of a wave of revolutions known as the ...Arab Spring. The authors provide a detailed account of how Tunisia’s robust education system shaped and sparked the conflict as educated youth became disgruntled with their economic conditions. Exploring themes such as radicalization, gender, activism, and social media, the chapters map out the steps occurring during transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy. Educational Transitions in Post-Revolutionary Spaces traces the origins of the conflict and revolution in societal issues, including unemployment, inequality, and poverty, and explores how Islam and security influenced the transition. The book not only offers a thorough understanding of the role of youth in the revolution and how it was shaped by Tunisia’s educational system; crucially, it provides a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and methodological insights needed to study educational transitions in other post-revolutionary contexts.
