Leon Blum - Prime Minister, Socialist, Zionist

A new appreciation of the extraordinary life and legacy of Leon Blum, the first Jewish prime minister of France

About the author

One of France's most eminent political sociologists, Pierre Birnbaum is professor emeritus at the Sorbonne. He is the author or co-author of seventeen books, including Anti-Semitism in France, The Jews of the Republic, and Geography of Hope. He is co-editor, with Ira Katznelson, of Paths for Emancipation.

Summary

A new appreciation of the extraordinary life and legacy of Leon Blum, the first Jewish prime minister of France

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Birnbaum, Birnbaum Pierre
• Assisted by: Arthur Goldhammer (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2015
• EAN: 9780300189803
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18980-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Jewish Lives; Jewish Lives; Jewish Lives (Yale)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political leaders & leadership, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership