A History of Libya (Columbia/Hurst) by John Wright
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- A History of Libya (Columbia/Hurst)
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780231701679
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231701675
ISBN-13
9780231701679
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117199995
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
History of Libya
Language
English
Subject
Africa / General, Africa / North, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2012
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
Columbia/Hurst Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-008392
Reviews
A timely and updated reissue of a standard work on Libya. Required reading for all those who wish to understand this desert enigma., John Wright's original study of Libya was a unique and masterly survey of the country's history. This updated edition possesses all the virtues of the original, together with an acute and perceptive analysis of both the Libyan Jamahariyah of Colonel Gadafi and its humiliating end in 2011. It provides us with the most complete study of Libya's complex history to date and is an essential companion for any scholar, journalist, or interested reader anxious to understand this unusual and important Mediterranean state., We have every reason to be grateful for the republication of A History of Libya , particularly at a time when Libya is hoping again to be a member of international communities after so many years of isolation. John Wright has been the standard-bearer for Libyan historical studies for more than half a century. His book is an excellent contribution and will be invaluable for anyone interested in Libyan affairs., We have every reason to be grateful for the republication of A History of Libya, particu¬larly at a time when Libya is hoping again to be a member of international communities after so many years of isolation. John Wright has been the standard-bearer for Libyan historical studies for more than half a century. His book is an excellent contribution and will be invaluable for anyone interested in Libyan affairs.
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
961.2
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
John Wright begins his history of Libya as far back as prehistoric times and concludes with the fortieth anniversary of the Gadafi revolution. He briefly surveys the territory's early hunter-gatherers and the activities of its mid-desert Garamantian civilization. Then he travels briskly through the land's successive invaders: the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Muslim Arabs, Genoans, Normans, Spaniards, Knights of Malta, Ottoman Turks, and semi-independent Karamanlis. Wright traces the routes of the ancient trans-Saharan black slave trade, which involved ports in Tripoli, Benghazi, the eastern Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Aegean Sea, and the Levant, and he highlights Tripoli's nineteenth-century role in enabling European exploration of the desert. Wright's modern history centers on the Italian era (1911--1943), addressing the harshness of Italy's long conquest yet giving credit to the material achievements of Air Marshal Italo Balbo. Three chapters recast Libya's largely passive role in the Second World War; 1951's fairly smooth transition to an internationally brokered independence; the Sanussi monarchy, which reigned for eighteen years; the discovery and exploitation of oil in the 1950s and 1960s; and the post-1969 Colonel Gadafi phenomenon. This revised edition adds a new chapter on the events surrounding Gadafi's fall and the early developments taking shape in post-liberation Libya. Wright has also revised his text to reflect recent research.
LC Classification Number
DT224.W69 2012
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