1st Edition
Histories of the Jews of Egypt An Imagined Bourgeoisie, 1880s-1950s
By Dario Miccoli
Copyright 2015
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Up until the advent of Nasser and the 1956 War, a thriving and diverse Jewry lived in Egypt – mainly in the two cities of Alexandria and Cairo, heavily influencing the social and cultural history of the country. Histories of the Jews of Egypt argues that this Jewish diaspora should be viewed as "an imagined bourgeoisie". It demonstrates how, from the late nineteenth century up to the 1950s,... Read more
Introduction 1 In a Bizarre Country 1896-1939 2 Moving Histories, 1880s-1930s 3 A Moral Laboratory, 1880s-1940s 4 Extremely Close and Incredibly Far, 1915-1956 Conclusion
Biography
Dario Miccoli is Fernand Braudel Fellow at the IREMAM/Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme, Aix-en-Provence. He is the editor of Memory and Ethnicity: Ethnic Museums in Israel and the Diaspora (2013).
'...one of the best researched book on Egyptian Jews that I have read. It is the fruit of 9 long years of research, and it is as meticulous an accounting as one could ever imagine.'
Aimee Kligman, Women's Lens
