| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Jewish communities in the modern world ; 1
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Jewish communities in the modern world ; 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index. |
| Summary |
The book explores the complex encounter of France and its Jews from just before the revolution to the present. The author shows how French Jews have embraced the opportunities of integration and acculturation, redefined their identities, and adapted their Judaism to the pragmatic and ideological demands of the time. |
| Contents |
Before the revolution -- The French Revolution and the emancipation of the Jews -- The Napoleonic synthesis -- Acculturation and mobility -- French Jews and world jewry -- Antisemitism and the Dreyfus Affair -- Immigration and the remaking of French jewry, 1881-1918 -- Between two world wars: the inescapable impact of economics and politics -- The Holocaust in France -- A renewed community. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- France -- History.
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Jews. |
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France. |
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History. |
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France -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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France -- Ethnic relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hyman, Paula, 1946- Jews of modern France. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998 0520209249 (DLC) 97039349 (OCoLC)37935075 |
| ISBN |
9780520919297 (electronic book) |
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0520919297 (electronic book) |
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0585178348 (electronic book) |
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9780585178349 (electronic book) |
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0520209249 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520209257 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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