When Joel Gordon, the editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies, asked me to reexamine a notable classic book in my field of North African history, I immediately thought of one that I had reviewed favorably forty-one years ago, Abdallah Laroui's The History of the Maghrib. The book is a seminal work of historical synthesis, by one of the most eminent living Maghribi scholars. It remains relevant today.

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对北非历史的反思：Abdallah Laroui 和他的马格里布历史

当国际中东研究杂志的编辑乔尔戈登让我重新审视我的北非历史领域的一本著名的经典著作时，我立刻想到了我四十一年前评论过的一本，阿卜杜拉拉鲁伊的马格里布的历史。这本书是历史综合的开创性著作，作者是一位最杰出的马格里布学者。它今天仍然具有相关性。