A History of Modern TunisiaKenneth Perkins's second edition of A History of Modern Tunisia carries the history of this country from 2004 to the present, with particular emphasis on the Tunisian revolution of 2011 - the first critical event of that year's Arab Spring and the inspiration for similar populist movements across the Arab world. After providing an overview of the country in the years preceding the inauguration of a French protectorate in 1881, the book examines the impact of colonialism on the country, with particular attention to the evolution of a nationalist movement that secured the termination of the protectorate in 1956. Its analysis of the first three decades of independence, during which the leaders of the anticolonial struggle consolidated political power, assesses the challenges that they faced and the degree of success they achieved. No other English-language study of Tunisia offers as sweeping a time frame or as comprehensive a history of this nation. |
Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition | 1 |
The March to the Bardo 18351881 | 15 |
Whose Tunisia? 18811912 | 44 |
Squaring Off 19121940 | 79 |
Redefining the Relationship 19401956 | 110 |
The Independent State Sets Its Course 19561969 | 135 |
Regime Entrenchment and the Intensification of Opposition | 160 |
Common terms and phrases
activist agricultural Ahmad al-Nahda Algeria Arab authorities Bardo ben qAli bey’s beylical Bizerte campaign Chenik colons Constituent Assembly constitution country’s critical culture decade demands Despite Dustur economic elections European figure foreign France French Gafsa Ghannushi government’s Habib Bourguiba Husainid Dynasty important independence Islamic Islamist Italian Khair al-Din labor land liberal Maghreb ment Middle East militants Ministry modern Moncef Moncef Marzouki mosque-university movement Muhammad al-Sadiq Muslim Mzali nationalist Néo-Destour Neo-Dustur North Africa officials opposition ordinary Tunisians organization Ottoman Ottoman Empire Paris Parti Communiste Tunisien party leaders party’s percent policies political bureau population prime minister protectorate protests qAbd qAli qAli’s reforms regime region remained resident revolution Revue d’Histoire Maghrébine role rural Sadiqi Sahil Salafis Salah secular settlers Sfax social Thaqalbi thousand tourism traditional Tunis UGTT ulama union vote women World Young Tunisians Yusuf Zaituna