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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822264603321

Autore

Lowenstein Steven M. <1945->

Titolo

The Berlin Jewish community : enlightenment, family, and crisis, 1770-1830 / / Steven M. Lowenstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771170-7

1-280-56110-6

0-19-535942-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Studies in Jewish history

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

943.004

943.155004924

Soggetti

Jews - Germany - Berlin - History - 18th century

Jews - Germany - Berlin - History - 19th century

Jews - Cultural assimilation - Germany - Berlin

Jews - Emancipation - Germany - Berlin

Berlin (Germany) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part I: Berlin Before Modernity; Part II: The Stage of ""Peaceful Modernization""; Part III: The Crisis of Berlin Jewry; Part IV: The Social Analysis of the Crisis and Its Connection to the Enlightenment; Part V: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study investigates the relationship between the forces of Jewish modernization and the forces of assimilation and dissolution in the first major Jewish community to undergo the process. It presents a biography of the entire Jewish population of Berlin at the turn of the 19th century.