In Ishmael's house : a history of Jews in Muslim lands
Record details
- ISBN: 9781551993423 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1551993422 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (xxiii, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits. - Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Before Islam -- The Prophet Muhammed and the Jews -- Protection or persecution? -- The first four hundred years under Islam -- Jews and Muslims in the age of the Crusades -- The Ottoman sultans and other Muslim rulers, 1324-1699 -- The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Progress and peril : towards the twentieth century -- The first years of the twentieth century and the emergence of Zionism -- Jewish and Arab nationalism : the First World War and after -- The nineteen thirties -- The Second World War : a time of danger -- Towards liberation, and an uncertain future -- The United Nations Palestine Partition Resolution -- The creation of the state of Israel, 14 May 1948 -- Iraq, 1948-1952 -- Egypt, 1951-1961 -- The exodus continues, 1950-1967 -- The Six-Day War of 1967 and its aftermath -- A new life in new lands -- The search for recognition -- Jews who remain in Muslim lands. |
Language Note: | Includes some text in Arabic and Hebrew. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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