Each of the three volumes of this magisterial work provides a comprehensive picture of the realities of Jewish life in the Polish lands in the period it covers, while also considering the contemporary political, economic, and social context.Volume I: 1350 to 1881 provides a wide-ranging overview down to the mid-eighteenth century, including social, economic, and religious history. The period from 1764 to 1881 is covered in more detail, with attention focused on developments in each country in turn, especially with regard to the politics of emancipation, acculturation, assimilation, and forced integration.Volume II: 1881 to 1914 explores the factors that had a negative impact on Jewish life as well as the political and cultural movements that developed in consequence: Zionism, socialism, autonomism, the emergence of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Jewish urbanization, and the rise of popular Jewish culture. Galicia, Prussian Poland, the Kingdom of Poland, and the tsarist empire are all treated individually, as are the main cities.Volume III: 1914 to 2008 covers the interwar period, the Second World War, and the Holocaust, including Polish–Jewish relations and the Soviet record on the Holocaust. A survey of developments since 1945 concludes with an epilogue on the situation of the Jews since the collapse of communism.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-12-17
Mått156 x 234 x 51 mm
Vikt998 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLittman Library of Jewish Civilization
Antal sidor568
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9781789620450

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Author of The Jews in Poland and Russia, 3 vols. (Littman Library, 2010–12), also published in an abridged version: The Jews in Poland and Russia: A Short History (2014). In 2012 The Jews in Poland and Russia was awarded the Pro Historia Polonorum prize of the Polish Senate for the best book on the history of Poland in a non-Polish language written in the previous five years. Holds honorary doctorates from the University of Warsaw (2010) and the Jagiellonian University (2014). In 2011 he was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Polonia Restituta and the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Independent Lithuania.

List of MapsList of TablesNote on TransliterationNote on Place NamesMapsGeneral IntroductionI Jewish Life in Poland–Lithuanian to 1750Introduction1Jews and Christians in Early Modern Poland–Lithuania2The Structure of Jewish Autonomous Institutions3Jewish Places: Royal Towns and Noble Towns4Jews in Economic Life5Religious and Spiritual LifeConclusionAppendix: The Polish-Lithuanian BackgroundIIAttempts to Transform and Integrate the Jews, and the Jewish Response, 1750–1880Introduction1The Last Years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth2The Jews in the Prussian Partition of Poland, 1772–18703The Jews in Galicia to the mid-1870s4The Jews in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland, 1807–18815The Jews in the Tsarist Empire, 1772–18256Nicholas I and the Jews of Russia, 1825–18557The Reign of Alexander II, 1855–1881GlossaryBibliographyIndex

'Polonsky's sweeping study offers an illuminating, accessible view of Jewish life in eastern Euope since the end of World War II. In elegant prose, the author engages major historiographical issues while analyzing important cultural, religious, social, and political trends among eastern European Jewry. He carefully frames each section with a chapter-long overview of the relevant historical context for the following chapters . . . Throughout, Polonsky masterfully navigates the different realms of a turbulent eastern European Jewish world, conveying both the richness of its history and the tragedy of its destruction. Highly recommended.'J. Haus, Choice

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