| Description |
1 online resource (405 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; TO VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Beginnings (586 BCE-135 CE); People on the Move; Antisemitism in Elephantine?; Antisemitism in Alexandria?; Wars with Rome; Antisemitism in the Roman Empire?; CHAPTER 2 Separation: Synagogue and Church, Jew and Christian (29-414 CE); Jesus and His Followers; A Growing Separation; The Fourth Century: A Turning Point; Jewish Christians and Judaizing Christians; CHAPTER 3 Conquests and Consequences (395-750 CE); Warring Empires; Oases in the Desert; The Prophet Muhammad; Jewish Tribes in Medina |
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Building an Islamic EmpireCHAPTER 4 Holy Wars and Antisemitism (700s-1300); "Us" and "Them" in Northern Europe; A Call to Arms; A New Kind of War; Crimes and Punishment; The Consequences of 1096; CHAPTER 5 The Power of a Lie (1144-1300); Charges of Ritual Murder; Tragedy in Blois; The Death of "Little Hugh"; Blood and the Blood Libel; Jews and Judaism Redefined; Attacks on the Talmud; CHAPTER 6 Refugees from Intolerance (1347-1492); The Black Death; "The Money Was Indeed the Thing . . ."; Spain: An Exception?; Riots and Conversions; Expulsion from Spain; Jews without a Home |
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CHAPTER 7 In Search of Toleration (1500-1635)New Outlooks; The Battle of the Pamphlets; A Religious Revolution; Luther and the Jews; In Search of Compromises; Taking Sides; Speaking Out; Catholic Responses; The Fight against Heresy; Paul IV and the Jews; Other Reforms and Reformers; CHAPTER 8 Safe Havens?: Poland and the Ottoman Empire (1200S-1666); Toward Toleration in Poland; Responses to Toleration; Jewish Self-Defense; Catastrophe in the East; Jews in the Ottoman Empire; In the Interest of the Empire; Protecting Jews; A False Messiah |
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CHAPTER 9 The Age of Enlightenment and the Reaction 1600S-1848)Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment; Germany: In Search of "Useful Jews"; Toleration in Austria; England's Jews: Hidden in Plain Sight; The French Revolution and the Jews; Reactions and Doubts; German Nationalism and German Jews; CHAPTER 10 Antisemitism in an Age of Nationalism (1840-1878); Murder in Damascus?; The Power of Publicity; Mission to the Middle East; Outcomes and Legacies; The Limits of Publicity's Power; In Defense of Jews; Old Myths in Modern Dress |
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CHAPTER 11 Antisemitism in France and Russia: "The Snake ... Crept out of the Marshes" (1880-1905)France: Antisemitism in a Democracy; The Dreyfus Case: More Than a Trial; Russia: "Beyond the Pale"; "Living on Top of a Volcano"; Courage at Home, Outrage Abroad; Disapproval at Home; New Pogroms and New Responses; CHAPTER 12 Lies, Stereotypes, and Antisemitism in an Age of War and Revolution (1914-1920S); Questions of Loyalty in Wartime; The Power of Old Myths in a Modern World; Revolutions and Civil Wars; The Protocols and the White Army; Protecting Minorities |
| Summary |
A Convenient Hatred chronicles a very particular hatred through powerful stories that allow readers to see themselves in the tarnished mirror of history. It raises important questions about the consequences of our assumptions and beliefs and the ways we, as individuals and as members of a society, make distinctions between "us" and "them," right and wrong, good and evil. These questions are both universal and particular |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-374) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Antisemitism -- History
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Jews -- Persecutions -- History
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HISTORY -- World.
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Antisemitism
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Jews -- Persecutions
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Evans, Harold, 1928-2020, author
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Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation.
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| LC no. |
2011935882 |
| ISBN |
9780983787013 |
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0983787018 |
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1283453037 |
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9781283453035 |
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9786613453037 |
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661345303X |
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