Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I The Extraordinary Movement; 1 Movement Origins; 2 To Rise and Shew Themselves Men -- PART II The Damascus Affair; 3 Blood Libel; 4 Mansion House and Beyond; PART III The Mortara Affair; 5 A Mighty Outcry Resounds -- 6 Toward Unity; PART IV Romanian Pogroms; 7 A Scandal to Civilization -- PART V Russian Crises; 8 A Crisis in Jewish History -- 9 The Kishinev Massacre; Epilogue; Conclusions; Notes; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
The path toward modern Jewish politics, a process that required a dramatic reconstruction of Jewish life, may have emerged during a far earlier time frame and in a different geographic and cultural context than has previously been thought. Drawing upon current sociological understanding of social movements, this book places the 1827 organized protest in London as an integral part of a transnational social movement continuum-similar to the abolitionist and women's rights movements-that waxed and waned throughout the 19th century. From its early origins in London in 1827, to Montef
