Through Foreign Eyes: Western Attitudes Toward North Africa

By James J. Cooke, Paul J. Zingg, Alf Andrew Heggoy, et al.

A collection of essays designed to explore the nature and causes of misconceived and often misguided western attitudes towards the people and institutions of North Africa over a period of roughly one and a half centuries. Throughout their essays, the contributors highlight the double standards of previous western authors about the Maghrib, noting their emphasis on North African superstitions and cruelties and their failure to compare them with those practiced in the European world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819121827
• ISBN13: 9780819121820
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"