Libya

""Libya"" by Helen Chapin Metz is a comprehensive guide to the history, culture, geography, and political landscape of Libya. The book covers the country's ancient past, including the Phoenician and Roman eras, as well as its more recent history, including the Italian occupation, the rise of Muammar Gaddafi, and the 2011 revolution. The author delves into the country's diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the Amazigh (Berber) people, and explores their customs and traditions. The book also provides an in-depth look at Libya's economy, natural resources, and infrastructure, as well as its relations with neighboring countries and the international community. With detailed maps, photographs, and a thorough bibliography, ""Libya"" is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand this complex and fascinating country.By this time, the revolutionary government had come to look upon tribal organization and values as antithetical to its policies. Even Qadhafi, despite his beduin roots, viewed tribes as anachronistic and as obstacles to modernization. Consequently, the government sought to break the links between the rural population and its traditional leaders by focusing attention on a new elite--the modernizers who represented the new leadership. The countryside was divided into zones that crossed old tribal boundaries, combining different tribes in a common zone and splitting tribes in a manner that weakened traditional institutions and the force of local kinship.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.