Histories of the Jews of Egypt: An Imagined Bourgeoisie, 1880s-1950s

by Dario Miccoli

Book Overview

Up until the advent of Nasser and the 1956 War, a thriving and diverse Jewry lived in Egypt - mainly in the two cities of Alexandria and Cairo, heavily influencing the social and cultural history of the country.

Histories of the Jews of Egypt

argues that this Jewish diaspora should be viewed as "an imagined bourgeoisie". It demonstrates how, from the late nineteenth century up to the 1950s, a resilient bourgeois imaginary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367870495
• ISBN13: 9780367870492
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"