The Berbers

Authors:Michael Brett, Elizabeth Fentress

Summary:Gives a detailed historical account of the Berber peoples from pre-history to the present day, and also provides an anthropological survey of the Berbers in the modern world. The book should help dispel the general ignorance of the Berbers found in the English-speaking world.

Print Book, English, 1996

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Publisher: Blackwell, Oxford, 1996

Series:

Peoples of Africa

Genre:Geschiedenis (vorm)

Physical Description:XVI, 350 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9780631168522, 9780631207672, 0631168524, 0631207678

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:782244287

Subjects:

15.80 history of Africa

Africa, North Social life and customs

Afrique du Nord Mœurs et coutumes

Berber

Berber (culture or style)

Contents:

Berbers in antiquity; the empire and the other - Romans and Berbers; the unification of North Africa by Islam; the Arabization of North Africa; the wheel of state; pastoral Berbers - nomads, slaves and saints; the society and its habitats; Berbers and Berberism.