Historians of the Jews and the Holocaust

Zusatztext "Engel uncovers the intellectual and sociological roots of a longstanding partition between Jewish history and Holocaust Studies and argues persuasively for its removal. This is an extremely important work that ought to provoke all modern Jewish historians to reflect on the assumptions governing their own work and their approach to the matters they study." Informationen zum Autor David Engel is Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Professor of History at New York University. Klappentext In this book, Engel asks why and how Jewish history and the Holocaust came to be viewed as separate areas of academic study. Zusammenfassung In this book, Engel asks why and how Jewish history and the Holocaust came to be viewed as separate areas of academic study.

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• Authors: Engel David, David Engel, Jaruwan Engel, Jaruwan S. Engel
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2009
• EAN: 9780804759519
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5951-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous