Avner Ofrath is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bremen, Germany. He is working on a major project on the coming of Judeo-Arabic political writing. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2018.

Ofrath’s book represents an ambitious, well researched, and richly detailed analysis of the debates that helped shape French citizenship at the six key junctures he explores ... Ofrath valuably illuminates the why and how in his history of France’s 'borderland,' showing 'the centrality of European origin not just in settler identity but in French political theory and administrative praxis.'

• Note on TransliterationList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Creating a Legal Borderland 2. Subjects and Citizens, ‘Muslims’ and ‘Europeans’ 3. ‘Ta‘ish al-République!’ – ‘À bas les Youdis!’ 4. The Levy of Blood 5. A Road Not Taken? The Struggle for Reform 6. Shifting Horizons ConclusionAppendixBibliographyIndex

Avner Ofrath is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bremen, Germany. He is working on a major project on the coming of Judeo-Arabic political writing. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2018.

Ofrath’s book represents an ambitious, well researched, and richly detailed analysis of the debates that helped shape French citizenship at the six key junctures he explores ... Ofrath valuably illuminates the why and how in his history of France’s 'borderland,' showing 'the centrality of European origin not just in settler identity but in French political theory and administrative praxis.'

• Note on TransliterationList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Creating a Legal Borderland 2. Subjects and Citizens, ‘Muslims’ and ‘Europeans’ 3. ‘Ta‘ish al-République!’ – ‘À bas les Youdis!’ 4. The Levy of Blood 5. A Road Not Taken? The Struggle for Reform 6. Shifting Horizons ConclusionAppendixBibliographyIndex

Avner Ofrath is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bremen, Germany. He is working on a major project on the coming of Judeo-Arabic political writing. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2018.

Ofrath’s book represents an ambitious, well researched, and richly detailed analysis of the debates that helped shape French citizenship at the six key junctures he explores ... Ofrath valuably illuminates the why and how in his history of France’s 'borderland,' showing 'the centrality of European origin not just in settler identity but in French political theory and administrative praxis.'

• Note on TransliterationList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Creating a Legal Borderland 2. Subjects and Citizens, ‘Muslims’ and ‘Europeans’ 3. ‘Ta‘ish al-République!’ – ‘À bas les Youdis!’ 4. The Levy of Blood 5. A Road Not Taken? The Struggle for Reform 6. Shifting Horizons ConclusionAppendixBibliographyIndex