Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria

by Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Book Overview

The history of Algerian Jews has thus far been viewed from the perspective of communities on the northern coast, who became, to some extent, beneficiaries of colonialism. But to the south, in the Sahara, Jews faced a harsher colonial treatment. In Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria, Sarah Abrevaya Stein asks why the Jews of Algeria's south were marginalized by French authorities, how they negotiated the sometimes brutal results, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022612374X
• ISBN13: 9780226123745
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"