The Jews of Odessa - A Cultural History, 1794-1881

"Zipperstein draws a vivid picture of a Jewish community experiencing the pains of growth, change, and ferment by combining the best qualities of a social and intellectual historian. . . . This excellent book deserves reading by a wide audience."--"Journal of Social History"

About the author

Steven J. Zipperstein is the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History and Director of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University. He has published widely on modern Jewish history, and he is at work on a cultural history of East European and Russian Jewry from the eighteenth century to the present.

Summary

Founded in 1794 as a frontier city on the Black Sea, Odessa soon grew to be one of Russia's busiest seaports. This history of Jewish Odessa traces the rise of that community from its foundation in 1794 to the pogroms of 1881 that erupted after the assassination of Alexander II.

Product details

• Authors: Steven J Zipperstein, Steven J. Zipperstein
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1991
• EAN: 9780804719629
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-1962-9
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 219 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries