Wartime North Africa : a documentary history, 1934-1950 / edited by Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Aomar Boum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boum, Aomar, editor.

Stein, Sarah Abrevaya, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Africa, North--Sources.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, North African.

Africa, North--History--20th century--Sources.

Africa, North.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book, the first-ever collection of primary documents on North African history and the Holocaust, gives voice to the diversity of those involved—Muslims, Christians, and Jews; women, men, and children; black, brown, and white; the unknown and the notable; locals, refugees, the displaced, and the interned; soldiers, officers, bureaucrats, volunteer fighters, and the forcibly recruited. At times their calls are lofty, full of spiritual lamentation and political outrage. At others, they are humble, yearning for medicine, a cigarette, or a pair of shoes. Translated from French, Arabic, North African Judeo-Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew, Moroccan Darija, Tamazight (Berber), Italian, and Yiddish, or transcribed from their original English, these writings shed light on how war, occupation, race laws, internment, and Vichy French, Italian fascist, and German Nazi rule were experienced day by day across North Africa. Though some selections are drawn from published books, including memoirs, diaries, and collections of poetry, most have never been published before, nor previously translated into English. These human experiences, combined, make up the history of wartime North Africa.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note to Readers

Illustrations and Maps

INTRODUCTION

Part I. The Rise of Fascism and Nazism as Seen from North Africa, 1934–1940

Part II. Race Laws, Internment, and Spoliation, 1940–1943

Part III. The Late- and Postwar Era, 1943–1950

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503632004

1503632008

OCLC:

1338018825