Morocco: The Traveller's Companion, Second Edition

Margaret Bidwell, Robin Bidwell

Tauris Parke Paperbacks, Dec 23, 2005 - History - 309 pages

This book brings together the writings of well-known travellers to Morocco and offers a fascinating picture of Moroccan culture through their eyes. Among those included are Pepys, Defoe, Twain, Orwell and Wharton, as well as famous Muslim travelers such as Leo Africanus and a host of others--merchants, sailors, consuls and scholars--who all recorded their impressions of the place. In addition to sketches of sumptuous entertainment, colorful festivals, and the infamous pirates of the Barbary coast, there are descriptions of childhood, marriage and the practice of medicine in old Morocco, as well as some favorite Moroccan folk-tales and recipes.

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Arranged by subject (Morocco in Literature, The Government, A Selection of Towns, Agriculture and Animals, Working Lives, Education and Rites of Passage, and more), this anthology contains excerpts ...

Contents

• Morocco in Literature: 1
• Westerners in Morocco: 11
• The People of Morocco: 17
• Sultans: 39
• The Government: 71
• The Imperial Cities: 87
• A Selection of Towns: 105
• Villages and the Countryside: 133
• Travelling: 149
• Agriculture and Animals: 161
• Working Lives: 183
• Education and Rites of Passage: 203
• Doctoring: 225
• Religion: 231
• Music Dancing Storytelling Sport: 251
• Food and Entertaining: 263
• Superstitions and Spells: 277
• Glossary: 285
• Authors and Editions Quoted: 289

About the author

Margaret Bidwell is a consultant psychologist, and Robin Bidwell taught Middle Eastern history at Cambridge University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Morocco: The Traveller's Companion, Second Edition; Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Editors: Margaret Bidwell, Robin Bidwell
• Contributor: Robin Bidwell
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2005
• ISBN: 1845111079, 9781845111076
• Length: 309 pages
• Subjects: History / Middle East / General; Travel / Africa / General