Title:
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JEWS OF LIBYA
COEXISTENCE, PERSECUTION, RESETTLEMENT |
By: |
Maurice M. Roumani, Martin Gilbert (Foreword) |
Format: |
Paperback |

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ISBN 10: |
1845193679 |
ISBN 13: |
9781845193676 |
Publisher: |
SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 May, 2009 |
Pages: |
310 |
Description: |
Focuses on 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. |
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. |
Illustrations: |
b/w photos & facsimile documents |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Sussex Academic Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |