{"product_id":"9780253112170","title":"The Mellah of Marrakesh: Jewish and Muslim Space in Morocco's Red City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[The Mellah of Marrakesh] captures the vibrancy of Jewish society\u003cbr\u003e in Marrakesh in the tumultuous last decades prior to colonial rule and in the first\u003cbr\u003e decades of life in the colonial era. Although focused on the Jewish community, it\u003cbr\u003e offers a compelling portrait of the political, social, and economic issues\u003cbr\u003e confronting all of Morocco and sets a new standard for urban social history.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Dale F. Eickelman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together threads from Jewish history\u003cbr\u003e and Islamic urban studies, The Mellah of Marrakesh situates the history of what was\u003cbr\u003e once the largest Jewish quarter in the Arab world in its proper historical and\u003cbr\u003e geographical contexts. Although framed by coverage of both earlier and later\u003cbr\u003e periods, the book focuses on the late 19th century, a time when both the vibrancy of\u003cbr\u003e the mellah and the tenacity of longstanding patterns of inter-communal relations\u003cbr\u003e that took place within its walls were being severely tested. How local Jews and\u003cbr\u003e Muslims, as well as resident Europeans lived the big political, economic, and social\u003cbr\u003e changes of the pre- and early colonial periods is reconstructed in Emily Gottreich's\u003cbr\u003e vivid narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished with the generous support of the Koret\u003cbr\u003e Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067965128944,"sku":"9780253112170","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112170_p0.jpg?v=1763680863","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}