This text recounts the French conquest of Algeria by exploring the world of Oran's influential Jewish merchants.

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Frontmatter --CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- N otes on Language and Terminology -- MAP. Oran and the western Mediterranean -- Introduction -- 1. Mediterranean Oran -- 2. Rebuilding Oran: Jews, Beys, and Commerce, 1792-1830 -- 3. Making Money in a Time of Conquest -- 4. Struggles For and Between the Merchants of Oran -- 5. Jacob Lasry and the Business of Conquest -- 6. From Juifs de Gibraltar and "Algerine Jews" to Isrǎlites Indig̈nes -- Conclusion: Moralities and Mythologies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.