Table of Contents

Introduction and overture. Geographical Contexts: Physical environment; History of Tunisia; Independent Tunisia; Economic development; Population and migration in Tunisia; Women in Tunisia; Tunisia's relations with the European Union: history in five phases; How 'African' is Tunisia?. Continuity and Change in the Sahel: Thysdrus and Ancient Rome; Agriculture and fishing; Islam in the Sahel; The challenges of the Sahelian medinas; Security in Monastir and the Sahel; The Tunisian Sahel in context; References; Index.