Morocco in pictures
By: Francesca Davis DiPiazza.
Series: Visual geography series; Visual geography series (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books; Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822526728
Subjects: Morocco -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The land. Topography, rivers, climate, flora and fauna, natural resources and environmental concerns,  cities; title: History and government. Phoenicians and Romans,  the Vandals and the Byzantines, Arab invasion, the beginning of Berber unity, the Moors in Spain, Crusaders and Pirates. the Saadians and the Alawis, Moulay Ismail and his successors, the great game, early colonial rule, the rise of nationalism, independence, early Moroccan policy, King Hassan II, hard times, a new king, a new century, government; title: The people. Berbers, health, language, education, housing, women and family life; title: Cultural life. Religion and holidays, literature and media, Moroccan cinema, the arts, music, dance, and sports, food; title: The economy. Services and tourism, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, industry, manufacturing and mining, transportation and energy, the future.