Citizenship and Antisemitism in French Colonial Algeria, 1870-1962

Examines the relationship between antisemitism and the practices of citizenship in a colonial context, focusing on experiences of Algerian Jews.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Competing for Rights and identity: citizenship and antisemitism in fin-de-siècle Algeria; 2. Watering the tree of liberties with Jewish blood: Max Régis, Néos, and the explosion of antisemitism in Algeria, 1898; 3. Navigating multiple identities and evolving French patriotism; 4. The politics of status anxieties and unequal rights in interwar Colonial Algeria: Jewish-Muslim conflicts and the 1934 Constantine 'pogrom'; 5. The popular front, Algerian nationalism, and evolving institutional antisemitism, 1935-1940; 6. Rupture: Vichy, state antisemitism, and the Crémieux Decree; 7. Broken identities: post World War II and the Algerian War.

About the author

Sophie B. Roberts is the Zantker Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Studies at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She received her Ph.D. in History and Jewish Studies from the University of Toronto, Canada, and has previously served as a visiting assistant professor at Stanford University. Proficient in French and Hebrew, she has received several awards and fellowships, including the 2012–2013 Sosland Foundation Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Summary

An innovative study of antisemitic violence and hotly contested debates over the nature of French identity and rights of citizenship in French Algeria. This investigation reveals the experience of Algerian Jews and their evolving identity as citizens as they competed for control over the scarce resources of the colonial state.

Product details

• Authors: Sophie B Roberts, Sophie B. Roberts, Sophie B. (University of Kentucky) Roberts, ROBERTS SOPHIE B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781316638446
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63844-6
• No. of pages: 393
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, Algeria, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict