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1. ebrary, Inc.

Description

1. 1 online resource (xxii, 242 p.)

Uniform title

1. Last Jews in Baghdad (Online)

Alternative title

1. Last Jews in Baghdad (Online)

Subject

1. Rejwan, Nissim
2. Jews -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Biography
3. Jews -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Social life and customs
4. Jews -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Social conditions -- 20th century
5. Baghdad (Iraq) -- Ethnic relations

Contents

1. In old Baghdad -- The Rejwan tribe -- Mother and the placebo effect -- Naʻīma -- Early initiations -- Schooling -- The great crash and US -- Hesqail Abul ʻAlwa hires a helper -- Living in sexual deprivation -- Idle days -- Distorted visions -- Rashid ʻAli's coup and its aftermath -- Bookshop days -- A deepening friendship -- The start : movies, book reviews -- Out in the cold -- Disposing of a library -- End of a community -- Farewells and reunions.

Note

1. Includes index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Reproduction (note)

1. Electronic reproduction.

Author

1. Rejwan, Nissim.

Title

1. The last Jews in Baghdad [electronic resource] : remembering a lost homeland / Nissim Rejwan ; foreword by Joel Beinin.

Imprint

1. Austin : University of Texas Press, c2004.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Reproduction

1. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

Added author

1. ebrary, Inc.

LCCN

1. 2004004110