Arabs of the Jewish Faith : : The Civilizing Mission in Colonial Algeria / / Joshua Schreier.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish Cultures of the World
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 5 illustrations. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780813550350 9783110688610 |
| DOI: | 10.36019/9780813550350 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Joshua Schreier. |