LIST OF MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction. The Russian-Jewish Encounter; PART I. THE PROBLEM OF EMANCIPATION UNDER THE OLD REGIME; PART II. THE JEWS OF ST. PETERSBURG; PART III. JEWS, RUSSIANS, AND THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY; PART IV. IN THE COURT OF GENTILES; Conclusion The Russian-Jewish Encounter in Comparative Perspective; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
A surprising number of Jews lived, literally and figuratively 'beyond the Pale' of Jewish Settlement in tsarist Russia during the half-century before the Revolution of 1917. This text reinterprets the history of the Russian-Jewish encounter, using long-closed Russian archives and other sources
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index