Barricades and Banners : the Revolution of 1905 and the Transformation of Warsaw Jewry /
This book examines the intersection of urban society and modern politics among Jews in turn of the century Warsaw, Europe's largest Jewish center at the time. By focusing on the tumultuous events surrounding the Revolution of 1905, Barricades and Banners argues that the metropolitanization of J...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | This book examines the intersection of urban society and modern politics among Jews in turn of the century Warsaw, Europe's largest Jewish center at the time. By focusing on the tumultuous events surrounding the Revolution of 1905, Barricades and Banners argues that the metropolitanization of Jewish life led to a need for new forms of community and belonging, and that the ensuing search for collective and individual order gave birth to the new institutions, organizations, and practices that would define modern Jewish society and politics for the remainder of the twentieth century. |
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| Item Description: | ACLS Humanities Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (447 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-400) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780804781046 0804781044 |
