Bøker av Daniel J. Schroeter

This book examines the Jewish community of Morocco in the late 18th and early 19th centuries through the life of a merchant who was the chief intermediary between the Moroccan sultans and Europe .

Essaouira was founded n 1764 by Sultan Sidi Muhammad b. Abdullah as his port for developing trade with Europe. This study of a specific city and region throws light on the problems of traditional societies in the age of European economic imperialism.