Unwelcome strangers [[electronic resource] ] : East European Jews in imperial Germany / / Jack Wertheimer

• Autore: Wertheimer Jack
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 943/.004924
• Soggetto topico: Jews, East European - Germany - History; Jews - Germany - History - 1800-1933; Jews - Germany - Politics and government
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Ethnic relations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography: p. 250-267 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1 The Challenge of Jewish Mass Migration; 2 Public Debates Over Eastern Jews; 3 Administrative Solutions; 4 Demographic Characteristics; 5 Economic Pursuits; 6 Organizational Activities; 7 In the Maelstrom of Communal Politics; 8 Social and Cultural Tensions; 9 The Posture of Organized German Jewry; Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective; Abbreviations; Appendix: Statistical Tables; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When East European Jews migrated westward in ever larger numbers between 1870 and 1914, both German government officials and the leaders of German Jewry were confronted by a series of new challenges. What policies did government leaders devise to cope with the seemingly unending tide of Jews flooding across Germany's borders? What was the actual, as opposed to the perceived, character of these Jewish migrants? How did native Jews respond to the arrival of coreligionists from the East? Drawing on archival research conducted in East and West Germany, Israel, and the United States, Unwelcome Stra
• Titolo autorizzato: Unwelcome strangers
• ISBN: 0-19-771758-6; 0-19-802157-7; 1-280-52527-4; 1-4237-3733-4; 1-60129-786-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783378003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Jewish history.