[PDF] Northwest Africa eBook

Author : James McDougall
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253001242

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The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbors. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand Braudel's description of the Sahara as "the second face of the Mediterranean." The essays recast the history of the region with the Sahara at its center, uncovering a story of densely interdependent networks that span the desert's vast expanse. They explore the relationship between the desert's "islands" and "shores" and the connections and commonalities that unite the region. Contributors draw on extensive ethnographic and historical research to address topics such as trade and migration; local notions of place, territoriality, and movement; Saharan cities; and the links among ecological, regional, and world-historical approaches to understanding the Sahara.

Author : Alexander Thurston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108488668

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Offers unique insights into the inner workings of jihadist organisations over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel.

Author : Alain Piqué
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 32,49 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN :

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Northwest Africa comprises a vast territory, from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia to Mauritania, made up out of rocks which range in age from the Archaean (Early Precambrian) to the Quaternary. The book is the result of the author's extensive field studies in many parts of the covered area and a comprehensive compilation of previously published data. Alain Pique is professor of structural geology at the Universite de Bretagne occidentale, Brest (France).

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 2023-09-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251381623

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This guide presents the egg and larval descriptions of 150 species of fishes belonging to 57 families, which are most likely to be present in plankton samples collected in the continental shelf and oceanic waters off northwest Africa. The guide is structured in two parts. The first introductory part describes the different applications of ichthyoplankton studies in fisheries research and management, and fish population ecology, the main sampling strategies, methods and gears, and the problems related to sample representativeness. It also describes the early life history of fishes, and how to identify them. A brief description of the hydrography of the study area is also presented. The second part of the guide features the species identification sheets. Each species sheet includes the following information: an illustration of the adult fish and information on its distribution, habitat, spawning season, and meristic characters; a description of the main features useful towards identifying the egg, yolk-sac and larval stages; and illustrations and photos of different larval stages. Finally, the guide provides a comprehensive list of references.