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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231701675
ISBN-139780231701679
eBay Product ID (ePID)117199995
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameHistory of Libya
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAfrica / General, Africa / North, Middle East / General
Publication Year2012
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Wright
Subject AreaHistory
SeriesColumbia/Hurst Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2012-008392
ReviewsA 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 Edition23
TitleLeadingA
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal961.2
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisJohn 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 NumberDT224.W69 2012
