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The mellah of Marrakesh : Jewish and Muslim space in Morocco's red city / Emily Gottreich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gottreich, Emily, 1966-
- Series:
- Indiana series in Middle East studies.
- Indiana series in Middle East studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Morocco--Marrakech--History.
- Jews.
- Jewish ghettos--Morocco--Marrakech--History--19th century.
- Jewish ghettos.
- City and town life--Morocco--Marrakech--History--19th century.
- City and town life.
- Marrakech Region (Morocco)--Social conditions--19th century.
- Marrakech Region (Morocco).
- Marrakech (Morocco)--Ethnic relations.
- Marrakech (Morocco).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""[The Mellah of Marrakesh] captures the vibrancy of Jewish society in Marrakesh in the tumultuous last decades prior to colonial rule and in the first decades of life in the colonial era. Although focused on the Jewish community, it offers a compelling portrait of the political, social, and economic issues confronting all of Morocco and sets a new standard for urban social history."" -- Dale F. EickelmanWeaving together threads from Jewish history and Islamic urban studies, The Mellah of Marrak
- Contents:
- Mellahization
- Counting Jews in Marrakesh
- Muslims and Jewish space
- Jews and Muslim space
- Hinterlands.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07296-X
- 0-253-11217-6
- OCLC:
- 298788594
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