| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 266 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps |
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text file PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Salo Baron's legacy and the shaping of Jewish studies into the twenty-first century -- Organizing the Jewish past for American students : Salo Baron at Columbia -- Emancipation : Salo Baron's achievement -- An economic historian reads Salo Baron -- Salo Baron on anti-semitism -- The professor in the courtroom : Salo W. Baron at the Eichmann trial -- Building the foundations of scholarship at home : Salo Baron and the Judaica collections at Columbia University Libraries -- From Europe to Pittsburgh : Salo W. Baron and Yosef H. Yerushalmi between the lachrymose theory and the end of the vertical alliance -- Salo Baron and his innovative reconstruction of the Jewish past -- Remembering Professor Salo Baron : personal recollections of a former student -- Recollections from the Baron daughters. |
| Summary |
"In 1930, Columbia University appointed Salo Baron to be the Nathan L. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions-marking a turning point in the history of Jewish studies in America. Baron not only became perhaps the most accomplished scholar of Jewish history in the twentieth century, the author of many books including the eighteen-volume A Social and Religious History of the Jews. He also created a program and a discipline, mentoring hundreds of scholars, establishing major institutions including the first academic center to study Israel in the United States, building Columbia's Judaica collection, intervening as a public intellectual, and exerting an unparalleled influence on what it meant to study the Jewish past. This book brings together leading scholars to consider how Baron transformed the course of Jewish studies in the United States. From a variety of perspectives, they reflect on his contributions to the study of Jewish history, literature, and culture, as well as his scholarship, activism, and mentorship. Among many distinguished contributors: David Sorkin engages with Baron's arguments on Jewish emancipation; Francesca Trivellato puts him in conversation with economic history; David Engel examines his use of anti-Semitism as an analytical category; Deborah Lipstadt explores his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann; and Robert Chazan and Jane Gerber, both once Baron's doctoral students, offer personal and intellectual reminiscences. Together, they testify to Baron's singular legacy in shaping Jewish studies in America"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Baron, Salo W. (Salo Wittmayer), 1895-1989.
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Columbia University. Center of Israel and Jewish Studies.
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Baron, Salo W. (Salo Wittmayer), 1895-1989 |
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Columbia University. Center of Israel and Jewish Studies |
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Jewish historians -- United States -- Biography.
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Judaism -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Jews -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century |
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Jewish historians |
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Jews -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Judaism -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Added Author |
Kobrin, Rebecca, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Salo Baron New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] 9780231204842 (DLC) 2021044684 |
| ISBN |
9780231555708 electronic book |
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0231555709 electronic book |
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9780231204842 hardcover |
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9780231204859 paperback |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/kobr20484 |
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