A political and economic history of the Jews of Afghanistan / / by Sara Koplik.

• Superior document: Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Volume 54
• VerfasserIn: Koplik, Sara,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in Jewish studies ; Volume 54.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

A Political and Economic History of the Jews of Afghanistan by Sara Koplik describes the situation of Jews in that country during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly 1839-1952. It examines the political, economic and social conditions they faced as religious minorities. The work foc...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Modern Jewish Settlement in Afghanistan: Origins and Customs
• 3 A Survey of the Modern Political and Economic History of Afghanistan (1747–1933)
• 4 Northern Afghanistan’s Soviet Refugee Crisis (1932–1936)
• 5 Afghan Economic Policies in the 1930's
• 6 World War ii’s Impact on Afghanistan
• 7 ‘Aliya: Messianic Zionism and Leaving Afghanistan
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1
• Bibliography
• Plate Section
• Index.