"Now is a timely moment for a book of this type, there having been no other systematic consideration of Maghribi historiography in the last ten or fifteen years and none as diverse and stimulating as this.... Everyone who works on the Maghrib, whatever discipline, will buy this book."

—Lisa Anderson, Professor and Chair, Political Science, Columbia University

A wealth of historical writing dealing with the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) has been published during the roughly forty years since European colonial control ended in the region. This book provides a "state of the field" survey of this postcolonial Maghribi historiography.

The book contains thirteen essays by leading Maghribi and North American scholars. The first section surveys the Maghrib as a whole; the second focuses on individual countries of the Maghrib; and the third explores theoretical issues and case studies. Cutting across chronological categories, the book encompasses historiographical writing dealing with all eras, from the ancient Maghrib to the contemporary period.