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1 online resource (x, 379 pages) |
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The Littman library of Jewish civilization |
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Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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Contents |
Note on transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I. Methods and perspectives -- 1. Making Jews modern: Jewish self-identification and West European categories of belonging -- 2. The legitimization of the diaspora experience -- 3. The Englishness of Jewish modernity in England -- 4. Welcoming ex-Jews into the Jewish historiographical fold -- Part II. Comparisons -- 5. The social and political context of conversion in Germany and England: 1870-1914 |
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6. Jewish self-hatred in Germany and England -- 7. German Jews in Victorian England -- Part III. Marginal Jews -- 8. The chequered career of 'Jew' King -- 9. The emergence of Disraeli's jewishness -- 10. Benjamin Disraeli and the myth of Sephardi superiority --11. The impact of the Converso experience on English Sephardim -- 12. The Frankaus of London -- 13. Jewish converts in nineteenth-century Warsaw -- 14. Memories of Jewishness -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
In Broadening Jewish History Todd Endelman seeks to expand the horizons of modern Jewish historiography by focusing on 'ordinary' rather than exceptional Jews, arguing that what ordinary people did or felt can do more to deepen our understanding of Jewish history than what a few exceptional individuals thought and wrote. He also makes a strong case for comparative history, showing convincingly that only a comparison across national borders can identify the Germanness of German Jewish history or the Englishness of English Jewish history, and thereby reveal what is unique about each. This innova |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed September 7, 2023) |
Subject |
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881.
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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 fast |
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Jews -- Europe -- History -- 1789-1945
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Jews -- Great Britain -- History
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Jews -- Germany -- History.
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Judaism -- History.
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Jews -- Europe -- Social conditions
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Christian converts from Judaism.
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Jews -- Europe -- Identity -- History
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation.
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Judaism
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Jews -- Social conditions
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Jews -- Identity
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation
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Jews
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Ethnic relations
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Christian converts from Judaism
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Europe -- Ethnic relations
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Europe
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Germany
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Great Britain
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History
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781800345331 |
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180034533X |
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