Brown University Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This thesis traces the Jewish-American advocacy campaign of 1943 to restore the Crémieux Decree -- which the French government passed in 1870 and which granted …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Mermelstein, Zoë E. (creator); Johnson, Jennifer (thesis advisor); Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Humanitarian assistance; Citizenship; colonialism; Algeria; World War II; Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945); Jews, American; Mizrahim; French colonies
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This dissertation considers literature’s singular mode of bearing witness to – and struggle to come to terms with – historical violence by analyzing representations of …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Stepanov, Brigitte N. (creator); Wills, David (Advisor); Ravindranathan, Thangam (Reader); Diagne, Souleymane Bachir (Reader); Brown University. Department of French Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Africa, North; Sub-Saharan Africa; War; Rwanda; Cruelty; Algeria; Twentieth century; Twenty-first century; francophone
Collection:: French Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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