{"product_id":"9781780744551","title":"Morocco: From Empire to Independence","description":"From the strait of Gibraltar to the snowy peaks of the Atlas Mountains and the windswept Sahara, this book captures a history as diverse and dramatic as Morocco's legendary landscapes and cities.   Beginning with Morocco's incorporation into the Roman Empire, this is a tale of powerful empires, fearsome pirates, a bloody struggle against colonisation and an equally hard-won independence. It charts Morocco's uneasy passage to the twenty-first century, and reflects on the nation of citizens that is finally emerging from a diverse population of Arabs, Berbers and Africans. The story of a country at the crossroads of two continents, this history of Morocco provides a glimpse of an imperial world of which only the architectural treasures remain, and a profound insight into the economic, political and cultural influences that will shape this country's future.  C.R. Pennell is Al-Tajir Lecturer in Middle Eastern History at the University of Melbourne in Australia.","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174552420592,"sku":"9781780744551","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780744551_p0.jpg?v=1763713820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780744551","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}