The Shamama Case : : Contesting Citizenship across the Modern Mediterranean / / Jessica Marglin.
How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belongingIn the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy. His passing initiated a fierce lawsuit over his large estate. Befo...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Prologue: Death in Livorno
- Introduction: Legal Belonging across the Mediterranean
- Part I. Nissim Shamama
- Part II. Shamama v. Shamama
- Part III. Afterlives
- Epilogue: Legal Belonging, Past and Present
- Afterword: Writing Nissim Shamama
- Cast of Characters
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A NOTE ON THE TYPE