A People Apart: The Jews in Europe, 1789-1939 - Rilegato

Vital, David

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ISBN 10: 0198208057 ISBN 13: 9780198208051

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1999

Riassunto

The twentieth century has seen both the greatest triumph of Jewish history and its greatest tragedy: the birth of the nation of Israel, and the state-sponsored genocide of the Holocaust. A People Apart is the first study to examine the role played by the Jews themselves, across the whole of Europe, during the century and a half leading up to these events. David Vital explores the Jews' troubled relationship with Europe, documenting the struggles of this 'nation without a territory' to establish a place for itself within an increasingly polarized and nationalist continent. He examines the clash within the Jewish community between politically neutral traditionalists and a new group of activists, whose unprecedented demands for national and political self-determination were stimulated both by increasing civil emancipation and the mounting effort to drive the Jews out of Europe altogether. Controversially, Professor Vital concludes that the history of the Jewish people was indeed in crucial respects although certainly not all of their own making; at times by their own autonomous action and choice; at others by inaction and default. This powerful and stimulating new analysis represents a watershed in our understanding of the history of the Jews in Europe.

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gradually reveals a treasure trove of fascinating and unfamiliar details about the history of the Jews in most countries of Europe from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of WW II. (Professor Albert S. Lindemann, Reviews in History. )

I confidently predict that it will become a historical classic. The first thing that strikes one about Vital's book, apart from its epic scale, is the elegance of his prose... here are elaborate, stately though never sententious sentences, often with a sting in the tail... His brave elegy to an indomitable people is itself part of the legacy of hope. (Daniel Johnson, The Daily Telegraph )

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• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0198208057
• ISBN 13: 9780198208051
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 962