Sites of European Antisemitism in the Age of Mass Politics, 1880-1918

Klappentext This innovative collection of essays on the upsurge of antisemitism across Europe in the decades around 1900 shifts the focus away from intellectuals and well-known incidents to less-familiar events! actors! and locations! including smaller towns and villages. This from below perspective offers a new look at a much-studied phenomenon: essays link provincial violence and antisemitic politics with regional! state! and even transnational trends. Featuring a diverse array of geographies that include Great Britain! France! Austria-Hungary! Romania! Italy! Greece! and the Russian Empire! the book demonstrates the complex interplay of many factors-economic! religious! political! and personal-that led people to attack their Jewish neighbors. Zusammenfassung Explores local incidents of antisemitism and antisemitic violence across Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

About the author

ROBERT NEMES is associate professor of history, Colgate University. DANIEL UNOWSKY is professor of history, University of Memphis.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Nemes & Daniel Unowsky, Hillel Kieval, Robert Nemes, Robert (EDT)/ Unowsky Nemes, Daniel Unowsky
• Assisted by: Robert Nemes (Editor), Daniel Unowsky (Editor)
• Publisher: University pr of new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2014
• EAN: 9781611685824
• ISBN: 978-1-61168-582-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Tauber Institute Series for th; Tauber Institute Series for th; Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism