TRICOLOR AND CRESCENT France and the Islamic World
Watson, William E.
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Quantity: 1From Zane W. Gray, BOOKSELLERS, Fairfield, PA, U.S.A.
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Nearly new except for former owner's name on free end-paper ; 295 pages. Seller Inventory # 42283
Bibliographic Details
Title: TRICOLOR AND CRESCENT France and the Islamic...
Publisher: Praeger
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
About this title
For 1,400 years, France has been in contact with Islam and Muslim populations. This study explores their long relationship and history, examining in particular the expansion and contraction of France's Islamic Empire throughout the 20th century. This modern empire essentially consisted of conquered territories inhabited by Muslims and administered by Frenchmen. Thus far, France has avoided a September 11-type terrorist attack despite the intra-country presence of Muslim terrorist groups like the Roubaix gang and Bin Laden's al-Qa'ida. Other Western countries can learn a great deal from France's long and varied experiences.
Watson addresses the origins of Franco-Muslim contact and details early cases of French expansion into the Islamic world. The bulk of the book, however, focuses on the creation of the modern French Empire in Saharan and Sudannic Africa, as well as in Syria and the Lebanese Mandates, during the New Imperialism of the 19th and 20th centuries. Features include a selection of pertinent documents that illustrate the extent of French involvement with the Islamic world.
Watson explores France's 1,400-year relationship with Islam and Muslim populations.
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