The Berber identity movement and the challenge to North African states

Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce.

The Berber identity movement and the challenge to North African states [electronic resource] / Bruce Maddy-Weitzman. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011. - xii, 292 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins and conquests : Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, Arabia -- The colonial era -- Morocco and Algeria : state consolidation and Berber "otherness" -- Algerian strife, Moroccan homeopathy, and the emergence of the Amazigh movement -- Berber identity and the international arena -- Mohamed VI's Morocco and the Amazigh movement -- Bouteflika's Algeria and Kabyle alienation -- Conclusion : whither the state, whither the Berbers?.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780292734784 (electronic bk.)




Berbers--Ethnic identity.
Berbers--Politics and government.
Nationalism--Morocco.
Nationalism--Algeria.


Morocco--Politics and government.
Algeria--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

DT193.5.B45 / M327 2011

964/.004933