Casablanca : a demographic miracle on Moroccan soil? /

A century ago, the modern metropolis of Casablanca, which today houses some three million inhabitants, was a small and unimportant coastal settlement. At that time, the Medina of Dar el Beida - as Moroccans often call the city - had only about 25,000 inhabitants. However, the arrival of the French c...

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Main Author: Puschmann, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leuven : Acco, c2011
Edition:1st ed
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