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The mellah of Marrakesh : Jewish and Muslim space in Morocco's red city

Title: The mellah of Marrakesh : Jewish and Muslim space in Morocco's red city / Emily Gottreich.
Author: Gottreich, Emily, 1966-
Publication: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.

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Description

xv, 201 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

Weaving together threads from Jewish history and Islamic urban studies, The Mellah of Marrakesh situates the history of what was once the largest Jewish quarter in the Arab world in its proper historical and geographical contexts. Although framed by coverage of both earlier and later periods, the book focuses on the late 19th century, a time when both the vibrancy of the mellah and the tenacity of longstanding patterns of inter-communal relations that took place within its walls were being severely tested. How local Jews and Muslims, as well as resident Europeans lived the big political, economic, and social changes of the pre- and early colonial periods is reconstructed in Emily Gottreichs vivid narrative. -- Back cover.

Series Statement

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Uniform Title

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.

Contents

Mellahization -- Counting Jews in Marrakesh -- Muslims and Jewish space -- Jews and Muslim space -- Hinterlands.

ISBN

0253347912
9780253347916
0253218632
9780253218636

LCCN

2006006669
9780253347916
9780253218636

OCLC

ocm64442865
64442865
SCSB-1413503

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library