{"product_id":"9780253112330","title":"Murder in Marrakesh: ?mile Mauchamp and the French Colonial Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In Morocco, nobody dies without a reason.\" -- Susan Gilson\u003cbr\u003e Miller, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the years leading up to World War I,\u003cbr\u003e the Great Powers of Europe jostled one another for control over Morocco, the last\u003cbr\u003e sovereign nation in North Africa. France beat out its rivals and added Morocco to\u003cbr\u003e its vast colonial holdings through the use of diplomatic intrigue and undisguised\u003cbr\u003e force. But greed and ambition alone do not explain the complex story of imperialism\u003cbr\u003e in its entirety. Amid fears that Morocco was descending into anarchy, Third Republic\u003cbr\u003e France justified its bloody conquest through an appeal to a higher ideal. France's\u003cbr\u003e self-proclaimed \"civilizing mission\" eased some consciences but led to\u003cbr\u003e inevitable conflict and tragedy. Murder in Marrakesh relates the story of the early\u003cbr\u003e days of the French conquest of Morocco from a new perspective, that of Ã?mile\u003cbr\u003e Mauchamp, a young French doctor, his compatriots, and some justifiably angry\u003cbr\u003e Moroccans. In 1905, the French foreign ministry sent Mauchamp to Marrakesh to open a\u003cbr\u003e charitable clinic. He died there less than two years later at the hands of a mob.\u003cbr\u003e Reviled by the Moroccans as a spy, Mauchamp became a martyr for the French. His\u003cbr\u003e death, a tragedy for some, created opportunity for others, and set into motion a\u003cbr\u003e chain of events that changed Morocco forever. As it reconstructs Mauchamp's life,\u003cbr\u003e this book touches on many themes -- medicine, magic, vengeance, violence, mourning,\u003cbr\u003e and memory. It also considers the wedge French colonialism drove between Morocco's\u003cbr\u003e Muslims and Jews. This singular episode and compelling human story provides a timely\u003cbr\u003e reflection on French-Moroccan relations, colonial pride, and the clash of\u003cbr\u003e civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067717042416,"sku":"9780253112330","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112330_p0.jpg?v=1763680868","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112330","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}