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Sites of European antisemitism in the age of mass politics, 1880-1918

By Hillel , Nemes , Robert;Unowsky , Daniel;Kieval

Book information

Publisher
Brandeis University Press;Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England
Year
2014
ISBN
9781611685817, 9781611685824, 9781611685831, 1611685818, 1611685826
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2878371 bytes)
Series
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
Pages
ix, 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Antisemitism--Europe--History--19th century;Antise

Description

This innovative collection of essays on the upsurge of antisemitism across Europe in the decades around 1900 shifts the focus away from intellectuals and well-known incidents to less-familiar events, actors, and locations, including smaller towns and villages. This "from below" perspective offers a new look at a much-studied phenomenon: essays link provincial violence and antisemitic politics with regional, state, and even transnational trends. Featuring a diverse array of geographies that include Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Romania, Italy, Greece, and the Russian Empire, the book demonstrates the complex interplay of many factors-economic, religious, political, and personal-that led people to attack their Jewish neighbors--

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