Arabs of the Jewish faith
Subtitle: the civilizing mission in colonial Algeria
By: Joshua Schreier.
Series: Jewish cultures of the world
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813547947
Subjects: Jews -- Algeria -- History -- 19th century; Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Algeria; Algeria -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century; Algeria -- Ethnic relations; France -- Colonies -- Algeria -- Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jews, commerce, and communities in early colonial Algeria; title: Revolution, republicanism, and religion: responses to civilizing in Oran; title: Synagogues, surveillance, and civilization; title: Teaching civilization: Algerian midrashim, 1852-1870; title: From Napoléon's Sanhedrin to the Crémieux decree: sex, marriage and the boundaries of civilization.