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Author:

Heckman, Alma Rachel, author.

Title:

The sultan's communists : Moroccan Jews and the politics of belonging / Alma Rachel Heckman.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xix, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Parti communiste marocain--History--20th century.
Parti communiste marocain.
1900-1999
Jewish communists--Morocco--History--20th century.
Jews--Morocco--Politics and government--20th century.
Nationalism and communism--Morocco--History--20th century.
Jewish communists.
Jews--Politics and government.
Nationalism and communism.
Politics and government.
Morocco--Politics and government--20th century.
Morocco.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the Sultan's communists -- Choices : fascism and anti-fascism in interwar Morocco -- Possibilities : World War II and Moroccan Jewish belonging -- Tactics : Jews and Moroccan independence -- Splinters : disillusion and Jewish political life in the new Morocco -- Cooptation : the Moroccan Cold War, Israel and human rights -- Scarification : a conclusion

Summary:

"A history of Jews in Morocco from the 1930s through the 1970s, this book traces how Jewish communists went from being outsiders (even pariahs) vis-a-vis the Makhzan to being embraced as the "Sultan's communists." Her narrative offers welcome nuance to our understanding of how Jews in Morocco were and are viewed--by their non-Jewish neighbors, by the Moroccan government, by American Jewish organizations, and even by tourists and scholars"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

ISBN:

1503613801
9781503613805

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1138680350

LCCN:

2020021126

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)