Description:
Explores the foundation and development of Marrakesh during the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties, drawing upon recent work in archaeology, urban studies, and landscape preservation.
Brief description: Abbey Stockstill is Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Southern Methodist University.
Review Quotes:
"Through a close reading of the city of Marrakesh, this book offers a novel exploration of how landscape, political practice, and religious ideology intersect to produce urban space. Beautifully written and deeply researched, Marrakesh and the Mountains restores Marrakesh to its central place in the study of premodern urbanism."
--Abigail Balbale, author of The Wolf King: Ibn Mardanīsh and the Construction of Power in al-Andalus