ISBN10: 0814751296, ISBN13: 9780814751299, [publisher: MI - New York University] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

Paperback / softback. New. Before widescale emigration in the early 1960s, North Africa's Jewish communities were among the largest in the world. Without Jewish emigrants from North Africa, Israel's dynamic growth would simply not have occured. North African Jews, also called Maghribi, strengthed the new Israeli state through their settlements, often becoming the victims of Arab-Israeli conflicts and terrorist attacks. Their contribution and struggles are, in many ways, akin to the challenges emigrants from the former Soviet Union are currently encountering in Israel. Today, these North African Jewish communities are a vital force in Israeli society and politics as well as in France and Quebec. In the first major political history of North African Jewry, Michael Laskier paints a compelling picture of three Third World Jewish communities, tracing their exposure to modernization and their relations with the Muslims and the European settlers. Perhaps the most extraordinary feature of this volume is its astonishing array of primary sources. Laskier draws on a wide range of archives in Israel, Europe, and the United States and on personal interviews with former community leaders, Maghribi Zionists, and Jewish outsiders who lived and worked among North Africa's Jews to recreate the experiences and development of these communities.Among the subjects covered: --Jewish conditions before and during colonial penetration by the French and Spanish; --anti-Semitism ...

New York Univ Pr, Date: 1997. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. 1997. New York Univ Pr ISBN 0814751296 9780814751299 [GB]

ISBN10: 0814751296, ISBN13: 9780814751299, [publisher: New York University Press] Softcover Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; 3JJ; HBJH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567. . 1997. Paperback. . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1997]

NYU Press. Paperback. New. 8x5x1. NYU Press ISBN 0814751296 9780814751299 [US]

ISBN10: 0814751296, ISBN13: 9780814751299, [publisher: New York University Press] Softcover Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; 3JJ; HBJH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567. . 1997. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0814751296, ISBN13: 9780814751299, [publisher: New York Univ Pr] Softcover 256 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0814751296, ISBN13: 9780814751299, [publisher: New York University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]