The merchants of Oran : a Jewish port at the dawn of empire / Joshua Schreier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schreier, Joshua, 1969- author.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.

Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasry, Jacob, 1793-1869.

Lasry, Jacob.

Jewish merchants--Algeria--Oran--Biography.

Jewish merchants.

Oran (Algeria)--Commerce--History--19th century.

Oran (Algeria).

Algeria--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

Algeria.

France--Colonies--Administration--History--19th century.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This text recounts the French conquest of Algeria by exploring the world of Oran's influential Jewish merchants.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

N otes on Language and Terminology

MAP. Oran and the western Mediterranean

Introduction

1. Mediterranean Oran

2. Rebuilding Oran: Jews, Beys, and Commerce, 1792–1830

3. Making Money in a Time of Conquest

4. Struggles For and Between the Merchants of Oran

5. Jacob Lasry and the Business of Conquest

6. From Juifs de Gibraltar and “Algerine Jews” to Israélites Indigènes

Conclusion: Moralities and Mythologies

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503602168

1503602168

OCLC:

1198932104