The Making of Modern Libya
(November 2009)
State Formation, Colonization, and Resistance, Second Edition Ali Abdullatif Ahmida - Author
Second edition of the provocative study analyzing the social, cultural, and historical roots of modern Libya.
The Making of Modern Libya is a thorough examination of the social, cultural, and historical background of modern Libya. Ali Abdullatif Ahmida examines the reaction of the ordinary Libyan people to colonialism and nationalism, from the early nineteenth century through the end of anticolonial re...(Read More)
The Making of Modern Libya
(March 1994)
State Formation, Colonization, and Resistance, 1830-1932 Ali Abdullatif Ahmida - Author
"The question of civil society in the Islamic world and the relationship of state to society in the pre-colonial era is coming to be a central concern in the field. I think this book targets very well many concerns both in English-language and Arabic-language historiography about what we know of the 'pre-modern' or at least pre-colonial world. This book has an important contribution to make to contemporary academic and political discourse." -- E...(Read More)
