Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism
Leiden: Brill, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 256pp. Index and 21 page bibliography. Decorative brown boards, lettered in white, with purple headband. Illustrated with a small map and several charts. A fine, as new copy.
Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism traces the participation of Baghdadi Jews in Jewish transnational networks from the mid-nineteenth century until the mass exodus of Jews from Iraq between 1948 and 1951. Each chapter explores different components of how Jews in Iraq participated in global Jewish civil society through the modernization of communal leadership, Baghdadi satellite communities, transnational Jewish philanthropy and secular Jewish education. The final chapter presents three case studies that demonstrate the interconnectivity between different iterations of transnational Jewish networks. This work significantly expands our understanding of modern Iraqi Jewish society by going beyond its engagement with Arab/Iraqi nationalism or Zionism/anti-Zionism to explore Baghdadi participation within Jewish transnational networks. (Publisher)
Contents: Nineteenth-Century Network and Connections -- Transnational Networks and the Baghdadi Diaspora -- Transnational Jewish Philanthropy -- Jewish Education in Iraq -- Twentieth-Century Networks.
Volume 69 in the "Brill Series in Jewish Studies" Fine. Item #51994
ISBN: 9789004460553
Price: $125.00