03034nam 2200661Ia 450 991078837350332120230725040335.01-283-38322-597866133832280-8135-5035-110.36019/9780813550350(CKB)3170000000046601(EBL)832041(OCoLC)769927205(SSID)ssj0000575641(PQKBManifestationID)11334734(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000575641(PQKBWorkID)10552233(PQKB)11041727(MiAaPQ)EBC832041(MdBmJHUP)muse8018(DE-B1597)530242(DE-B1597)9780813550350(Au-PeEL)EBL832041(CaPaEBR)ebr10523584(EXLCZ)99317000000004660120091019d2010 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrArabs of the Jewish faith[electronic resource] the civilizing mission in colonial Algeria /Joshua SchreierNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20101 online resource (251 p.)Jewish cultures of the worldDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4794-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Maps, Figures, and Tables --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Jews, Commerce, and Community in Early Colonial Algeria --2. Revolution, Republicanism, and Religion Responses to Civilizing in Oran, 1848 --3. Synagogues, Surveillance, and Civilization --4. Teaching Civilization French Schools and Algerian Midrashim, 1852-1870 --5. From Napoleon's Sanhedrin to the Crémieux Decree Sex, Marriage, and the Boundaries of Civilization --Conclusion --Notes --Index --About the AuthorExploring 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.Jewish cultures of the world.JewsAlgeriaHistory19th centuryJewsCultural assimilationAlgeriaAlgeriaColonizationHistory19th centuryAlgeriaEthnic relationsFranceColoniesAlgeriaEthnic relationsJewsHistoryJewsCultural assimilation305.892/406509034Schreier Joshua1969-1568466MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788373503321Arabs of the Jewish faith3840611UNINA