Jews in Poland and Russia - Volume I: 1350 to 1881

This first volume of an award winning three-volume series begins with an overview of Jewish life in Poland and Lithuania down to the mid-eighteenth century, including social, economic, and religious history. The period from 1764 to 1881 is covered in more detail, with attention focused on developments in each country in turn.

About the author

Antony Polonsky is Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University, and Chief Historian of the Global Educational Outreach Project at the Museum of Polish Jews in Warsaw. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Warsaw (2010) and the Jagiellonian University (2014), and in 2011 was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Polonia Restituta and the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Independent Lithuania. His many publications include The Jews in Poland and Russia, 3 vols. (Littman Library, 2010-12), which in 2012 was awarded the Pro Historia Polonorum prize of the Polish Senate for the best book on the history of Poland in a non-Polish language written in the previous five years.

Summary

This first volume of an award winning three-volume series begins with an overview of Jewish life in Poland and Lithuania down to the mid-eighteenth century, including social, economic, and religious history. The period from 1764 to 1881 is covered in more detail, with attention focused on developments in each country in turn.

Product details

• Authors: Antony Polonsky, Antony (Department of Near Eastern and J Polonsky, Antony (Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Polonsky, Antony (Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Polonsky, Antony (Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies Polonsky
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781789620450
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-045-0
• No. of pages: 568
• Series: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization; Jews in Poland and Russia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous