Each of thethree volumes of this magisterial work provides a comprehensive picture of therealities of Jewish life in the Polish lands in the period it covers, while alsoconsidering the contemporary political, economic, and social context. Volume I: 1350 to 1881 provides a wide-rangingoverview down to the mid-eighteenth century, including social, economic, andreligious history. The period from 1764 to 1881 is covered in more detail, withattention focused on developments in each country in turn, especially withregard to the politics of emancipation, acculturation, assimilation, and forcedintegration.Volume II: 1881 to 1914 explores the factors that had a negative impact on Jewish life aswell as the political and cultural movements that developed in consequence:Zionism, socialism, autonomism, the emergence of modern Hebrew and Yiddishliterature, Jewish urbanization, and the rise of popular Jewish culture. Galicia,Prussian Poland, the Kingdom of Poland, and the tsarist empire are all treatedindividually, as are the main cities.Volume III: 1914 to 2008 covers the interwar period, the Second WorldWar, and the Holocaust, including Polish–Jewish relations and the Soviet recordon the Holocaust. A survey of developments since 1945 concludeswith an epilogue on the situation of the Jews since the collapse of communism.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-12-17
Mått156 x 234 x 43 mm
Vikt930 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLittman Library of Jewish Civilization
Antal sidor520
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9781789620467

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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 TransliterationMapsIntroduction1 The Position of the Jews in the Tsarist Empire, 1881-19052 Revolution and Reaction, 1904-19143 The Kingdom of Poland, 1881-19144 Galicia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century5 Prussian Poland, 1848-19146 Jewish Spaces: Shtetls and Towns in the Nineteenth CenturyStatistical Appendix7 Modern Jewish Literature in the Tsarist Empire and Galicia8 Jewish Religious Life from the Mid-Eightteenth Century to 19149 Women in Jewish Eastern Europe10 The Rise of Jewish Mass Culture: Literature, Press, TheatreConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

'Combines a masterful grasp of Jewish history with that of easternEurope. While underlining the unique features and achievements of the Jewishcommunal experience he authoritatively integrates them into the history of thecountries in which Jews lived . . . Incorporating current, ground-breakingscholarship from North America, Israel, and Europe these beautifully narratedvolumes should not only be seen as a staple of university courses, but also asa must-read for anyone attempting to understand any aspect of modern Jewishhistory and religious tradition, wherever it may be playing out . . . With thisextremely important book, Antony Polonsky not only writes history but,following the example of his illustrious predecessors, makes it.'- Katarzyna Person, European Judaism

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