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Author Schreier, Joshua, 1969- author.

Title The merchants of Oran : a Jewish port at the dawn of empire / Joshua Schreier.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 199 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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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Subject Lasry, Jacob, 1793-1869.
Lasry, Jacob, 1793-1869.
Jewish merchants -- Algeria -- Oran -- Biography.
Jewish merchants.
Algeria -- Oran.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Jews -- Algeria -- Oran -- History -- 19th century.
Jews.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Oran (Algeria) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Algeria -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century.
Algeria.
Ethnic relations.
France -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century.
France.
Colonies.
Administration.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Schreier, Joshua, 1969- Merchants of Oran. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017 9780804799140 (DLC) 2016040093
ISBN 9781503602168 electronic book
1503602168 electronic book
9780804799140