Almost Englishmen: Baghdadi Jews in British Burma (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739116470)

Before the Second World War, two golden 'promised lands' beckoned the thousands of Baghdadi Jews who lived in Southeast Asia: the British Empire, on which 'the sun never set, ' and the promised land of their religious tradition, Jerusalem. Almost Englishmen studies the less well-known of these destinations. The book combines history and cultural studies to look into a significant yet relatively unknown period, analyzing to full effect the way Anglo culture transformed the immigrant Bagdhadi Jews

Author: Ruth Fredman Cernea
ISBN-10: 0739116479
ISBN-13: 9780739116470
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.91h x 6.15w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 54