English Colonial Texts on Tangier, 1661-1684: Imperialism and the Politics of Resistance

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Literary studies: general

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Taylor & francis

English Colonial Texts on Tangier, 1661-1684: Imperialism and the Politics of Resistance : Routledge : 9781472457882 : 1472457889 : 28 Jun 2015 : Recent years have seen growing academic interest in England's colonial venture in Tangier in the late seventeenth century, and the crucial role it played not only in influencing contemporary domestic politics in England, but also in shaping new imperial policies in the Mediterranean. This critical edition presents a remarkable collection of 18 Restoration pamphlets dealing with the English occupation of Tangier. In an extensive original introduction, Karim Bejjit narrates the various stages of the colonial venture in Tangier, and critically analyses both the British historiography and current scholarship on the subject. He provides an alternative reading of the Tangier episode, emphasising the Moroccan point of view and the significance of the local political agency. At the same time, as the author argues in the introduction, so intertwined

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