CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Introduction: Peoplings

1. Arrival: Tunis the “Well-Protected”

2. Detours: Migrations in a Mobile World

3. Making a Living: Domestic Service and Other Forms of Employment

4. Making a Living: Petty Commerce, Places of Sociability, and the Down-and-Out

5. Making a Living: The Sea, Contraband, and Other Illicit Activities

6. From Protection to Protectorate: Justice, Order, and Legal Pluralism

7. Muslim Princes and Trans-Mediterranean Missionaries

8. Where Elites Meet: Households, Harim Visits, and Sea Bathing

9. Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and a Mediterranean Community of Thought

Epilogue: Fetched Up on the Maghrib’s Shores

Notes

Glossary

Select Bibliography

Index