Bulletin

Bulletin

Author: United States. Office of Education

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 830

ISBN-13:

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The Alliance Israelite Universelle and the Jewish Communities of Morocco, 1862-1962

The Alliance Israelite Universelle and the Jewish Communities of Morocco, 1862-1962

Author: Michael M. Laskier

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1438410166

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The Alliance Israélite Universelle—an international organization representing a community of over 240,000 Jews—was founded in France in 1860. Its goal was to achieve the intellectual regeneration and social and political elevation of the Jewish people. This book examines the impact of the AIU on Moroccan Jewry. It answers such questions as: How did the AIU establish itself in Morocco's communities? How did it go on to become a power not to be underestimated by either the Moroccan government or the Europeans? And more importantly, how did the AIU improve the conditions of the Jews in Morocco, creating an important French-speaking urban elite? Also discussed are such topics as Zionism and Jewish-Muslim relations in Morocco.


Year-book

Year-book

Author: American Chamber of Commerce in Paris

Publisher:

Published: 1901

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13:

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Regeneration Through Empire

Regeneration Through Empire

Author: Margaret Cook Andersen

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2015-01-20

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0803265255

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Following France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870–71, French patriots feared that their country was in danger of becoming a second-rate power in Europe. Decreasing birth rates had largely slowed French population growth, and the country’s population was not keeping pace with that of its European neighbors. To regain its standing in the European world, France set its sights on building a vast colonial empire while simultaneously developing a policy of pronatalism to reverse these demographic trends. Though representing distinct political movements, colonial supporters and pronatalist organizations were born of the same crisis and reflected similar anxieties concerning France’s trajectory and position in the world. Regeneration through Empire explores the intersection between colonial lobbyists and pronatalists in France’s Third Republic. Margaret Cook Andersen argues that as the pronatalist movement became more organized at the end of the nineteenth century, pronatalists increasingly understood their demographic crisis in terms that transcended the boundaries of the metropole and began to position the French empire, specifically its colonial holdings in North Africa and Madagascar, as a key component in the nation’s regeneration. Drawing on an array of primary sources from French archives, Regeneration through Empire is the first book to analyze the relationship between depopulation and imperialism.