The sultan's communists : Moroccan Jews and the politics of belonging /
A history of Jews in Morocco from the 1930s through the 1970s, this book traces how Jewish communists went from being outsiders (even pariahs) vis-à-vis the Makhzan to being embraced as the "Sultan's communists." Her narrative offers welcome nuance to our understanding of how Jews in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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| Summary: | A history of Jews in Morocco from the 1930s through the 1970s, this book traces how Jewish communists went from being outsiders (even pariahs) vis-à-vis the Makhzan to being embraced as the "Sultan's communists." Her narrative offers welcome nuance to our understanding of how Jews in Morocco were and are viewed, by their non-Jewish neighbors, by the Moroccan government, by American Jewish organizations and even by tourists and scholars. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781503613805 1503613801 |