Title Citizenship and Antisemitism in French Colonial Algeria, 1870-1962 / Sophie B. Roberts

Published Cambridge, MA : Cambridge University Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 383 pages) Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Competing for Rights and Identity: Citizenship and Antisemitism in Fin-de-siecle Algeria -- 2. Watering the Tree of Liberties with Jewish Blood: Max Regis, Neos, and the Explosion of Antisemitism in Algeria, 1898 -- 3. Navigating Multiple Identities and Evolving French Patriotism -- 4. Politics of Status Anxieties and Unequal Rights in Interwar Colonial Algeria: Jewish-Muslim Conflicts and the 1934 Constantine "Pogrom" -- 5. Popular Front, Algerian Nationalism, and Evolving Institutional Antisemitism, 1935 -- 1940 -- 6. Rupture: Vichy, State Antisemitism, and the Cremieux Decree -- 7. Broken Identities: Post -- World War II and the Algerian War Summary Examines the relationship between antisemitism and the practices of citizenship in a colonial context, focusing on experiences of Algerian Jews Professor Roberts examines the relationship between antisemitism and the practices of citizenship in a colonial context. She focuses on the experience of Algerian Jews and their evolving identity as citizens as they competed with the other populations in the colony, including newly naturalised non-French settlers and Algerian Muslims, for control over the scarce resources of the colonial state. The author argues that this resulted in antisemitic violence and hotly contested debates over the nature of French identity and rights of citizenship. Tracing the ambiguities and tensions that Algerian Jews faced, the book shows that antisemitism was not coherent or stable but changed in response to influences within Algeria, and from metropolitan France, Europe and the Middle East. Written for a wide audience, this title contributes to several fields including Jewish history, colonial and empire studies, antisemitism within municipal politics, and citizenship, and adds to current debates on transnationalism and globalization Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 11, 2018) Subject Jews -- Algeria -- History -- 19th century Jews -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century Antisemitism -- Algeria -- History -- 19th century Antisemitism -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Antisemitism Jews Algeria Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316994511 1316994511 9781316946411 131694641X 9781316638446 1316638448

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