Mediterranean Oran -- Rebuilding Oran : Jews, beys, and commerce, 1792-1830 -- Making money in a time of conquest -- Struggles for and between the merchants of Oran -- Jacob Lasry and the business of conquest -- From "Juifs de Gibraltar" and "Algerine Jews" to Israélites indigènes -- Conclusion : merchants, moralities and mythologies.
Summary
This text recounts the French conquest of Algeria by exploring the world of Oran's influential Jewish merchants.
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