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Author Lowenstein, Steven M., 1945- author.

Title The Berlin Jewish community : enlightenment, family, and crisis, 1770-1830 / Steven M. Lowenstein.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in Jewish history
Studies in Jewish history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
Contents Part I: Berlin Before Modernity; Part II: The Stage of "Peaceful Modernization"; Part III: The Crisis of Berlin Jewry; Part IV: The Social Analysis of the Crisis and Its Connection to the Enlightenment; Part V: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary The Berlin Jewish community was both the pioneer in intellectual modernization and the first to experience a crisis of modernity. This original and imaginative book connects intellectual and political transformation with the social structures and daily activities of the Jewish community. Steven M. Lowenstein has used extraordinarily rich documentation about the life of Berlin Jewry in the period and assembled a collective biography of the entire community of Berlin Jews. He has examined tax lists, subscription lists, genealogical records, and address lists as well as kosher meat accounts to gi.
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Subject Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 18th century.
Jews.
Germany -- Berlin.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Germany -- Berlin.
Jews -- Cultural assimilation.
Jews -- Emancipation -- Germany -- Berlin.
Jews -- Emancipation.
Berlin (Germany) -- Ethnic relations.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Indexed Term Berlin (Germany)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lowenstein, Steven M., 1945- Berlin Jewish community. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 (DLC) 92039884
ISBN 0195083261 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780195083262 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780195359428 (electronic book)
0195359429 (electronic book)