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Author Benbassa, Esther, author.

Title The Jews of France : a history from antiquity to the present / Esther Benbassa ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 281 pages) : map
Contents Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents
Summary "In the first English-language edition of a general, synthetic history of French Jewry from antiquity to the present, Esther Benbassa tells the intriguing tale of the social, economic, and cultural vicissitudes of a people in diaspora. She reveals the diversity of Jewish life throughout France's regions, while showing how Jewish identity has constantly redefined itself in a country known for both the Rights of Man and the Dreyfus affair. Beginning with late antiquity, she charts the migrations of Jews into France and traces their fortunes through the making of the French kingdom, the Revolution, the rise of modern anti-Semitism, and the current renewal of interest in Judaism." "Reinterpreting such themes as assimilation, acculturation, and pluralism, Benbassa finds that French Jews have integrated successfully without always risking loss of identity."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-270) and index
Notes English
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Subject Jews -- France -- History
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Ethnic relations
Jews
Joden.
SUBJECT France -- Ethnic relations
Subject France
Frankreich
Juden.
Genre/Form History
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1400811007
9781400811007
9781400823147
1400823145
1282753754
9781282753754
9786612753756
6612753757
9780691090146
0691090149
Other Titles Histoire des juifs de France. English