Internationally renowned scholar Renzo De Felice’s pioneering study of the Jews of Libya is; in many ways; a microcosm of the major sources of conflict in the modern Middle East. This is the first English translation of Ebrei in un paese arabo; originally published by Il Mulino; Bologna; in 1978.The author’s broad-ranging and meticulous research has enabled him to reconstruct the contemporary history of the Jews in Libya with an incredible richness of detail; bringing into vivid relief the social; religious; cultural; and political lives of a people caught between centuries of tradition and a series of governments bent on plunging them headfirst into the modern world. This story—fraught with the passion; drama; tragicomedy; and conflict of a society in transition—will be an invaluable resource for scholars in Middle Eastern studies; Jewish studies; and contemporary European history. The wealth of documentation; much of it previously unknown or unpublished; makes this a particularly useful book.
#11154987 in Books 2012-03-27Original language:English 9.00 x .79 x 6.00l; #File Name: 1475054572350 pages
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