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Arabs of the Jewish faith : the civilizing mission in colonial Algeria /

Exploring how Algerian Jews responded to and appropriated France's newly conceived "civilizing mission" in the mid-nineteenth century, Arabs of the Jewish Faith shows that the ideology, while rooted in French Revolutionary ideals of regeneration, enlightenment, and emancipation, actua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schreier, Joshua, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Colección:Jewish cultures of the world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Exploring how Algerian Jews responded to and appropriated France's newly conceived "civilizing mission" in the mid-nineteenth century, Arabs of the Jewish Faith shows that the ideology, while rooted in French Revolutionary ideals of regeneration, enlightenment, and emancipation, actually developed as a strategic response to the challenges of controlling the unruly and highly diverse populations of Algeria's coastal cities
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813550350
0813550351
1283383225
9781283383226
9786613383228
6613383228