Charles de Foucauld's Reconnaissance au Maroc, 1883-1884

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The first English translation of Charles de Foucauld's masterpiece, with a thoughtful and very innovative introduction in which the translator, after situating Reconnaissance au Maroc in the history of exploration literature, shows that, by going to meet Morocco, Foucauld went to meet himself. - Dominique Casajus, Directeur de Recherche Emeritus at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris English readers are finally in for a special treat. The long-awaited translation of one of the most important travel accounts ever to be written about Morocco and its southern hinterlands is onshore after a long period of waiting. This is a book about history, exploration, Jews, tribal Morocco and more. Despite its French colonial biases, its rich ethnographic and historical details did not only provide the background for military occupation of Morocco, but they remain to be the subject of historical conversations among many members of academic circles as well.- Aomar Boum, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles Charles de Foucault, after resigning from the army and meeting Oscar Mac Carthy (geographer), focuses on Morocco. In 1888, he published his geographic and ethnographic journey, Reconnaissance au Maroc (1883-1884), through which he reveals an unknown country to Europe. Nowadays, Rosemary A. Peters-Hill gives us a beautiful critical study of this work. - Yannick Essertel, Professor of History, and Associate Researcher at Centre de recherche et de documentation sur l'Oceanie (CREDO) Professor Peters-Hill makes a significant contribution to the historiography of Europeans in Morocco. The work of a scholar of literary and cultural studies attentive to matters of religion provides a welcome counterpoint to the devotional literature on Foucauld.- Seth Graebner, Associate Professor of French and of International and Area Studies, Washington University in St. Louis