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Arabs of the Jewish Faith : The Civilizing Mission in Colonial Algeria / Joshua Schreier.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jewish Cultures of the WorldPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) : 5 illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813547947
  • 9780813550350
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.892/406509034
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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