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Paperback / softback. New. The Mellah Society is a compact yet detailed and fascinating account of Jewish life in precolonial Morocco, based on the voluminous but rarely studied writings of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Judeo-Moroccan sages. Shlomo Deshen, author of several books on North African Jewish immigrants to Israel, here turns his attention to the past. Taking as his focus the tension between individualism and communal authority-symbolized by the walls of the mellahs, the Jewish quarters-he applies to traditional Moroccan Jewish society questions of concern to sociologists everywhere regarding political organization, economic activity, religion, and the family. From such documents as private correspondence, archival photographs, and the legal commentaries of rabbis who served in the Jewish community courts, Deshen draws out details of daily life: disputes between spouses, businessmen, craftsmen, and inheritors; the ramifications of marriage contracts; and claims involving community taxes and extortions by Muslim potentates. Linking this material with recent historical and anthropological studies of the Maghreb, Deshen reconstructs a community about which little has been known and places it squarely within the context of traditional Moroccan society. Individual chapters deal with relations between Muslims and Jews, the material conditions of Jewish life, and the nature of politics within the mellah. Deshen devotes particular attention to the nature of ...

Paperback / softback. New. ISBN 0226143406 9780226143408 [GB]

Univ of Chicago Pr, Date: 1989. Paperback. New. 2revised ed edition. 166 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. 1989. Univ of Chicago Pr ISBN 0226143406 9780226143408 [GB]

University of Chicago Press, Date: 1989-03-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1989. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226143406 9780226143408 [US]

ISBN10: 0226143406, ISBN13: 9780226143408, [publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1989] Softcover First Edition 8vo, card covers, xiii, 152pp., b/w ills. First printing of the author's revision and translation. VG+: clean, bright, sound, presentable.
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Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 1989 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 166 p. Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism.

University of Chicago Press 3/15/1989 Paperback or Softback New in New jacket The Mellah Society: Jewish Community Life in Sherifian Morocco (Paperback or Softback)