The Jews of Libya: Coexistence, Persecution, Resettlement - Couverture souple

Roumani, Maurice M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845193679 ISBN 13 : 9781845193676

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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 rapid change following the application of fascist racial laws of 1938, the onset of war-related calamities and violent expressions of Libyan pan-Arabism, culminating in mass migration to Israel in the period 1949-52. By focusing on key socio-economic and political dimensions of this process, the author reveals the capacity of Libyan Jewry to adapt to and integrate into new environments without losing its unique and historical traditions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maurice M. Roumani, born in Benghazi, Libya, is a Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology and the Middle East at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel where he is also the founder and Director of the J. R. Elyachar Center for the Study of Sephardi Heritage. A graduate of Brandeis University, the University of Chicago and the University of London, he has held teaching and research positions at Harvard University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845193679
• ISBN 13: 9781845193676
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
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• Personne responsable: non disponible