Arabs of the Jewish Faith: The Civilizing Mission in Colonial Algeria - Jewish Cultures of the World - Joshua Schreier - Books - Rutgers University Press - 9780813547947 - August 19, 2010
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Arabs of the Jewish Faith: The Civilizing Mission in Colonial Algeria - Jewish Cultures of the World

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Exploring how Algerian Jews responded to and approached France's newly conceived 'civilizing mission' in the mid-nineteenth century, this demonstrates 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.

248 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 19, 2010
ISBN13 9780813547947
Publishers Rutgers University Press
Pages 256
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 25 mm   ·   463 g

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