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The Barbary Corsairs
This book deals with three main points of the History of the Barbary corsairs: a renewed presentation of privateering, the original and unknown attempt of conversion of the privateers to seaborne trade, their failure and elimination from the Mediterranean after 1816.
The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo
Paul M. Love, Jr. explores the history of the minority Ibadi Muslim community in Cairo from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. Using a unique range of sources, Love both illuminates the events of Egyptian history and highlights the role of the Ibadis in shaping political, religious, and commercial life in Ottoman-era Cairo.
Written Culture in a Colonial Context
Exploring the extent to which the control over the materiality of writing has shaped the numerous and complex processes of cultural exchange from the 16th century onwards, this book introduces the specifities of written culture anchored in colonial contexts.
New Directions in Mediterranean Maritime History
This study seeks to correct the underrepresentation of Mediterranean maritime history in academic publications, in attempt to understand the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment in which maritime activity takes place, by compiling ten essays from maritime historians concerning Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Greece, Turkey, and Israel. The aim of the collection is to provide an insight into Mediterranean maritime history to those who could not previously access such information due to language barriers or difficulty securing non-English publications; some of the essays have translated into English specifically for this publication. The majority of the essays concern the Early Modern period, and the remainder concern the contemporary.
Ifriqiya
This travel guide and survey to Islamic art, architecture and culture in Tunisia shows the country's treasures displayed within their historical and cultural context. It includes up-to-date information, detailed descriptions of the items on display, an exhaustive historic and artistic introduction, a number of itineraries, practical information (distances, opening hours etc), and tips for appreciating the natural environment surrounding the sites. The descriptions of monuments, archaeological sites, artefacts and architecture are written by local academics and specialists.
Qayrawān
In the last years of the nineteenth century, the Tunisian city of Qayrawān suddenly found itself covered in murals. Concentrated on and around the city’s Great Mosque, these monumental artworks were only visible for about fifty years, from the 1880s through the 1930s. This book investigates the fascinating history of who created these outdoor paintings and why. Using visual archaeological methods, William Gallois reconstructs the visual history of these works and vividly brings them back to life. He locates pictorial records of the murals from the backdrops of photographs, postcards, and other forms of European ephemera. In Qayrawān, he identifies a form of religious painting that transp...
Mobilizing Capital
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Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems - II
This book offers a collection of original peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 6th International Congress on Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems (CMSM’2015), held in Hammamet, Tunisia, from the 23rd to the 25th of March 2015. It reports on both recent research findings and innovative industrial applications in the fields of mechatronics and robotics, dynamics of mechanical systems, fluid structure interaction and vibroacoustics, modeling and analysis of materials and structures, and design and manufacturing of mechanical systems. Since its first edition in 2005, the CMSM Congress has been held every two years with the aim of bringing together specialists from universities and...
Ifriqiya: Tredici secoli d'arte e d'architettura in Tunisia
Adesso con indice delle località! Ifriqiya: Tredici secoli d’arte e d’architettura in Tunisia è un viaggio alla scoperta dell’architettura islamica nel Maghreb attraverso la storia di una civiltà millenaria che ha consacrato all’arte i suoi spazi più importanti. Le grandi dinastie islamiche – Abbasidi, Aglabidi, Fatimidi, Ziridi, Almoadi, Hafsidi, Ottomani – le scuole e i movimenti religiosi islamici hanno lasciato il segno della loro espressione artistica attraverso i secoli. L’arte islamica in Tunisia è il frutto di componenti andaluse, elementi architettonici e decorativi provenienti dall’oriente e tradizioni arabe, romane e berbere che si armonizzano con la straordinaria varietà dei paesaggi naturali. Unidici Percorsi vi invitano a scoprire 108 musei, monumenti e siti a Tunisi, Sidi Bou Said, Biserta, Testour, Al-Kef, Kairouan, Mahdia, Sfax, Tozeur e Gabes (fra gli altri).
