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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782524403321

Autore

Katz Jonathan Glustrom

Titolo

Murder in Marrakesh [[electronic resource] ] : EĢmile Mauchamp and the French colonial adventure / / Jonathan G. Katz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-07547-0

9786612075476

0-253-11233-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Disciplina

964/.04092

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Soggetti

Physicians - France

French - Morocco

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-347) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Civilization's martyr -- The road to Marrakesh -- Europeans and Jews -- A doctor in Marrakesh -- False starts and false reports -- March 19, 1907 -- In Morocco, no one dies without a reason -- Negotiations -- The crisis of the month -- Remains of the day.

Sommario/riassunto

""In Morocco, nobody dies without a reason."" -- Susan Gilson                Miller, Harvard UniversityIn the years leading up to World War I,                the Great Powers of Europe jostled one another for control over Morocco, the last                sovereign nation in North Africa. France beat out its rivals and added Morocco to                its vast colonial holdings through the use of diplomatic intrigue and undisguised                force. But greed and ambition alone do not explain the complex story of imperialism                in its entirety. Amid fears that Morocco w