Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewKalman's book represents a valuable contribution to the growing historical scholarship of Jews in the French colonies. By focusing on aspects of pre-colonial contact between French travelers and the Jews they encountered, her research deepens our understanding of the multiple levels on which Orientalism operated.
* H-France *
Jews of France, nominally full citizens since the French Revolution . . . experienced uncertainty regarding whether their status would be reversed with each change of government. . . . Kalman's work contributes significantly to an understanding of that insecurity, as she fleshes out the stereotypes that others, officials, artists, authors and intellectuals, projected onto the Jews living among them inside France.
* French History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Within
2. Travel and Intimacy
3. The Kings of Algiers
Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index
