Two Mediterranean Worlds

Part of a series showcasing interdisciplinary research on globalization and autonomy sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, this collection of twenty-one articles on culture and politics in the Mediterranean world examines a wide range of issues related to the helpful and hindering effects of global connection to the prospects for cultural autonomy and empowerment in the region. Topics discussed include governance and globalization; cultural texts; religion and culture; music and food; language and education; and local, regional, and global economics. Contributors are academics in anthropology, comparative literature, history, economics, and sociology from universities around the world. Distributed in the US by the University of Washington Press. Distributed in Canada by the University of Toronto Press. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Yassine Essid is an expert on the history ofIslamic economic thought and on the history and place of Islam in NorthAfrica and the Middle East. William D. Coleman hasoverseen the writing of the books in the Globalization and AutonomySeries. He carries out research on different theories aboutglobalization and on global governance.Contributors: Mongi Bahloul, Samouel Beji, HoudaBen Hassen, Almudena Hasan Bosque, Lotfi Bouzaiane, Abdeljabbar Bsaies,Faika Charfi, Hachmi Dhaou, Yassine Essid, Sonia Fellous, Amado A.Millan Fuertes, Nizard Jouini, Rulof Kerkhoff, Myriem Lakhoua, LatifaLakhdhar, Jihen Malek, Paula Duran Monfort, Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi,Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Fatma Sarraj, Francois Zabbal, and SamehZouari