Opis: Jews of Eastern Europe 1772-1881 - Israel Bartal, I Bartal

In the nineteenth century, the largest Jewish community the modern world had known lived in hundreds of towns and shtetls in the territory between the Prussian border of Poland and the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea. The period had started with the partition of Poland and the absorption of its territories into the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires; it would end with the first large-scale outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence and the imposition in Russia of strong anti-Semitic legislation. In the years between, a traditional society accustomed to an autonomous way of life would be transformed into one much more open to its surrounding cultures, yet much more confident of its own nationalist identity. In The Jews of Eastern Europe, Israel Bartal traces this transformation and finds in it the roots of Jewish modernity. "The book represents a remarkable achievement. Bartal presents the broad contours of nineteenth-century East European Jewish history even as he reworks them into a nontraditional narrative. He offers readers basic information about the staple features of the East European Jewish story-including the Hasidic and haskalah movements, the struggle for emancipation in two empires, the shtetl, population growth, urbanization, emigration, the crystallization of orthodox Judaism, and the rise of Jewish nationalism-while at the same time challenging us to think about the significance of those features in unconventional ways."-David Engel, New York University "Bartal synthesizes a crucial period and revises the traditional understanding of key events. In fact, he alters in a substantial way the 'master narrative' of modern Jewish history."-Gershon Hundert, McGill University "Bartal offers basic material about East European life... The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881 is recommended for all Judaica libraries and libraries housing works on Jewish history."-AJL NewsletterIntroduction 1. The Jews of the Kingdom 2. The Partitions of Poland: The End of the Old Order, 1772-1795 3. Towns and Cities: Society and Economy, 1795-1863 4. Hasidim, Mitnagdim, and Maskilim 5. Russia and the Jews 6. Austria and the Jews of Galicia, 1772-1848 7. "Brotherhood" and Disillusionment: Jews and Poles in the Nineteenth Century 8. "My Heart Is in the West": The Haskalah Movement in Eastern Europe 9. "The Days of Springtime": Czar Alexander II and the Era of Reform 10. Between Two Extremes: Radicalism and Orthodoxy 11. The Conservative Alliance: Galicia under Emperor Franz Josef 12. The Jew Is Coming! Anti-Semitism from Right and from Left 13. "Storms in the South," 1881-1882 Conclusion: Jews as an Ethnic Minority in Eastern Europe Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Szczegóły: Jews of Eastern Europe 1772-1881 - Israel Bartal, I Bartal

Tytuł: Jews of Eastern Europe 1772-1881
Autor: Israel Bartal, I Bartal
Producent: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812219074
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 216
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.33 kg

Recenzje: Jews of Eastern Europe 1772-1881 - Israel Bartal, I Bartal