Wartime North Africa: a documentary history, 1934-1950

"This book, the first-ever collection of primary documents on North African history and the Holocaust, gives voice to the diversity of those involved-Muslims, Christians, and Jews; women, men, and children; black, brown, and white; the unknown and the notable; locals, refugees, the displaced, a...

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Collaborateurs: Stein, Sarah Abrevaya (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Boum, Aomar 1970- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Stanford, California Stanford University Press [2022]
Dans:Année: 2022
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Nordafrika / Guerre / Guerre mondiale / Rapport d’expérience / Source / Afrikanischer Soldat / Histoire 1934-1950
B Nordafrika / Guerre mondiale / Shoah / Rapport d’expérience / Religion / Histoire 1934-1950
RelBib Classification:AG Vie religieuse
AX Dialogue interreligieux
BH Judaïsme
KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord
TK Époque contemporaine
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, North African
B World War, 1939-1945 (Africa, North) Sources
B Africa, North History 20th century Sources
Accès en ligne: Table des matières
Quatrième de couverture
Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé:"This book, the first-ever collection of primary documents on North African history and the Holocaust, gives voice to the diversity of those involved-Muslims, Christians, and Jews; women, men, and children; black, brown, and white; the unknown and the notable; locals, refugees, the displaced, and the interned; soldiers, officers, bureaucrats, volunteer fighters, and the forcibly recruited. At times their calls are lofty, full of spiritual lamentation and political outrage. At others, they are humble, yearning for medicine, a cigarette, or a pair of shoes. Translated from French, Arabic, North African Judeo-Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew, Moroccan Darija, Tamazight (Berber), Italian, and Yiddish, or transcribed from their original English, these writings shed light on how war, occupation, race laws, internment, and Vichy French, Italian fascist, and German Nazi rule were experienced day by day across North Africa. Though some selections are drawn from published books, including memoirs, diaries, and collections of poetry, most have never been published before, nor previously translated into English. These human experiences, combined, made up the history of wartime North Africa"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Description matérielle:XII, 368 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:1503611515