Jews of Libya: Coexistence, Persecution, Resettlement

by Maurice M. Roumani

Book Overview

This book investigates the transformative period in the history of the Jews of Libya (1938-52), a period crucial to understanding Libyan Jewry's evolution into a community playing significant roles in Israel, Italy and in relation with Qaddhafi's Libya. Against a background of a reform conscious Ottoman administration (1835-1911) and subsequent stirrings of modernisation under Italian colonial influence (1911-43), the Jews of Libya began to experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845193679
• ISBN13: 9781845193676
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"