{"product_id":"a-slave-between-empires-mhamed-oualdi-9780231191869","title":"A Slave Between Empires: A Transimperial History of North Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a life crossing empires. As a youth, Husayn was brought from Circassia to Turkey, where he was sold as a slave. In Tunis, he ascended to the rank of general before French conquest forced his exile to the northern shores of the Mediterranean. His death was followed by wrangling over his estate that spanned a surprising array of actors: Ottoman Sultan Abd?hamid II and his viziers; the Tunisian, French, and Italian governments; and representatives of Muslim and Jewish diasporic communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Slave Between Empires\u003c\/i\u003e investigates Husayn's transimperial life and the posthumous battle over his fortune to recover the transnational dimensions of North African history. M'hamed Oualdi places Husayn within the international context of the struggle between Ottoman and French forces for control of the Mediterranean amid social and intellectual ferment that crossed empires. Oualdi considers this part of the world not as a colonial borderland but as a central space where overlapping imperial ambitions transformed dynamic societies. He explores how the transition between Ottoman rule and European colonial domination was felt in the daily lives of North African Muslims, Christians, and Jews and how North Africans conceived of and acted upon this shift. Drawing on a wide range of Arabic, French, Italian, and English sources, \u003ci\u003eA Slave Between Empires\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking transimperial microhistory that demands a major analytical shift in the conceptualization of North African history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M'Hamed Oualdi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231191863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231191869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"M'Hamed Oualdi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071305150719,"sku":"9780231191869","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48101696-f330-409d-a597-6359db3b0ad4.jpg?v=1685435319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-slave-between-empires-mhamed-oualdi-9780231191869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}