Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia - The Ritual Murder Trial of Mendel Beilis

Informationen zum Autor Robert Weinberg is Professor of History at Swarthmore College and author of The Revolution of 1905 in Odessa: Blood on the Steps (IUP, 1993) and Stalin's Forgotten Zion: Birobidzhan and the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland . Klappentext Robert Weinberg is Professor of History at Swarthmore College and author of The Revolution of 1905 in Odessa: Blood on the Steps (IUP, 1993) and Stalin's Forgotten Zion: Birobidzhan and the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland. "A concise historical reconstruction of one of the most publicized and notorious ritual murder trials in the modern world. Written in a clear and engaging style, the book analyzes a wide array of archival and published primary documents... all of which help capture the drama and complexity of the Beilis case." - Eugene M. Avrutin, author of Jews and the Imperial State: Identification Politics in Tsarist Russia "Lucidly written, well argued, and rich with primary source material... the story unfolds like a gripping detective novel... It is social history at its finest." - Jarrod Tanny, author of City of Rogues and Schnorrers: Russia's Jews and the Myth of Old Odessa (IUP, 2011) Zusammenfassung Robert Weinberg's account of the Beilis Affair explores the reasons why the tsarist government framed Beilis, shedding light on the excesses of antisemitism in late Imperial Russia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Dramatis Personae Introduction: A Murder Without a Mystery 1. The Initial Investigation 2. The Case Against Beilis 3. The Trial 4. Summation and Verdict Epilogue Documents Bibliography Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Robert Weinberg, Weinberg Robert
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2013
• EAN: 9780253011077
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01107-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies; Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies; Indiana-Michigan Russian and E; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology