History of the Jews in modern times [[electronic resource] /] / Lloyd P. Gartner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154342403321
• Autore: Gartner Lloyd P. <1927-2011>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-160672-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334p.)
• Disciplina: 909.04924
• Soggetti: Jews - History; History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Heritage of Medieval Judaism; 2. Glimmerings of a New Age; 3. A Rift Opening, 1720-1780; 4. Era of Revolution; 5. Emancipation and its Fruits: Western Europe, 1815-1870; 6. Oppression, Expansion, and Reforms: The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1815-1881; 7. Outposts; 8. Age of Migration and Ideologies; 9. From War to War, 1914-1939; 10. Havens and National Home; 11. Catastrophe, Recovery, and Triumph; 12. A New Jewish World, 1950-1980; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text tells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jewish communities of the Old World (in Europe and the Middle East and beyond) and their gradual expansion into the New World of the Americas.